Secondary
Tuesday
SQA: ‘No requirement to replicate full formal exams’
SQA insists that there should not be ‘one-off, high-stakes’ assessments this year after exams were cancelled
Banned: Teacher who changed students’ coursework
Teacher who admitted altering his students’ coursework before submitting it to exam board is banned from profession
Thursday
Scrap GCSEs and A levels to fight racism, say teachers
NEU members vote to call for an end to GCSEs and A levels in favour of assessment that includes ‘global perspectives’
GCSEs: A ‘lie’ to say exams are best and fairest
The preference for exams ‘repeated over and over again’ by Gavin Williamson should be ‘challenged’, says NEU president
Wednesday
Teachers back GCSE reform ‘to restore love of learning’
‘Exam factory culture’ causing mental health crisis and driving teachers form schools, conference told
‘Saying there’s no need for exams lets down schools’
Yesterday, Nicola Sturgeon said there is no requirement for exams this year – here’s why teachers are outraged, writes this school leader
Tuesday
Banned: Teacher who gave out exam questions in advance
The biology teacher was found to have shown A Level students questions included in their exam paper
Teachers to earn below minimum wage for exam work
Scottish government document states £400 payment will be ‘less than minimal wage’ for some teachers
