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David Hughes sets out the challenges colleges are tackling at the moment – all at the one time

Coronavirus has led to ‘exceptional circumstances’, Ofqual has said, asking the government to delay reforms by a year

Ofqual publishing its consultation on assessment offers a chance to right the wrongs of last year, writes Jonny Kay

The regulator has published its consultation document on how VTQs and other general qualifications should be assessed

Results for the more than 130,000 entries for English and maths GCSEs in the November exam series were published this morning

Students needed between 15.4 per cent and 17.3 per cent to pass the GCSE maths higher paper at grade 4, grade boundaries reveal today

Education secretary says, where students need to take competency assessments to progress to work, these should go ahead

Funding can be used to purchase specialist kit such as surveying equipment and engineering tools

But where assessments enable a student to demonstrate the proficiency to enter into employment, they should continue

Where technical students are missing out on learning vital skills, teacher assessment is difficult, says Paul Padda

Figures published this week show that only two of the nine regions in England offered more places than last year

Burned by the experience last year, many GCSE resit students are anxious about what happens next, writes Sarah Waite