GCSE reform: ‘Pitting scrappers against conservationists won’t help’
My interest in GCSE reform pre-dates Covid-19, but it’s been heartening in the past 18 months to connect with colleagues ...
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ASCL calls for return to 2019 grade distribution at GCSE
There should be a return to the 2019 distribution of GCSE and A-level grades, a headteachers’ union has said, to ...
Post-Covid reform could lead to ‘era of opportunity’ says head
Leading head Samantha Price, the new president of the Girls’ Schools Association, is calling for reform to exams and university ...
‘Portfolio’ approach to assessment could be fairer than exams, says former chief regulator
Moving away from end-of-course exams towards a more "portfolio approach" to assessment could be a fairer way to judge students' ...
‘Don’t forget the students who sat traditional exams this year’
The examination round of 2021 has been like no other. In common with almost of the British curriculum schools around ...
Results Day: Top A-level grades at record high
The proportion of A-level grades awarded at A or A* has reached a record high of 44.8 per cent, the ...
Results Day: ‘Without exams, students have been able to show their best selves’
Every year, without fail, throughout my career in education, there has been intense discussion about the current year’s exam results ...
Exam Results: ‘Block out the white noise and control what you can’
We all love a good sporting analogy and in a summer which delivers us some of the greatest sporting events ...
Students’ fears over ‘fake grades’
Some students have expressed concerns that their teacher assessed GCSEs will be seen as “fake grades” by employers, Ofqual has ...
‘The IB results are far more robust than A-levels are likely to be’
This year’s recent IB Diploma results were celebrated around the world, with students achieving higher scores than last year and ...
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