Exams & Qualifications
The pandemic has seen educators and exam bodies start to look at the future place and style of the traditional examination and assessment framework.
Let’s not put exams on the ‘too hard’ pile again this year
It is less than five months until GCSEs and A-levels take place. An Easter holiday and two half terms stuffed...
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2021 review: Another crazy year in education
It would be a tired cliché to describe the past year in independent and international education as a “rollercoaster”. It...
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30 minutes with…Olivera Raraty, Malvern St James, Worcestershire
On the wall of Olivera Raraty’s office at Malvern St James Girls' School hangs an attractive series of paintings depicting...
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‘Is reaching the end of Wuthering Heights still a useful measure of intelligence?’
Imagine the UK education system is a necktie. Our students arrive to receive their education and some are wearing a...
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Do international schools strip countries of their greatest asset?
Working in international education can often require some pretty challenging ethical gymnastics. The level of double-think some of us are...
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Current GCSE system ‘falling short’, HMC report finds
The vast majority of teachers and senior leaders believe GCSE exams need complete or partial reform, and over half would...
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Grade A was average A-level mark in independent schools this year
The average grade given for A-levels taken in independent schools this year was a grade A, new official data reveals,...
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