Assessment
The latest news and analysis on exams in the UK, including key dates, timetables, results and statistics for Sats, GCSEs and A levels
Monday
25th Oct 2021
Why our memory-based exams system is redundant in 2021
Moving away from the outmoded exam system would help schools genuinely prepare students for the future, says Claire Cowie
Why arts subjects were hit so hard in the pandemic
Recent data from the ONS revealed surprising insights into how badly hit arts subjects were by the pandemic – and how hard the return to school has been too, as James O’Malley investigates
Thursday
14th Oct 2021
Zahawi’s first month: What we know so far
Sam Freedman reflects on Nadhim Zahawi’s first month as education secretary and what clues we have about policy changes
A levels: Teachers to get compensation for 2021 appeals
DfE announces compensation payment for schools to pass on to teachers involved in processing priority A-level appeals
9 in 10 teachers say baseline test is ‘waste of time’
The vast majority of Reception teachers believe new RBA is not as useful as their own observations, survey suggests
Monday
11th Oct 2021
GCSEs: DfE wants to ‘learn lessons’ from 2020 grading
Research project aims to reveal the ‘fairness’ of different methods for measuring students’ attainment
A levels: Stem gender gap larger in wealthier schools
A-level computing has the most skewed ratio between female and male entries, new analysis of DfE data shows