Tuesday
GCSEs: Head’s fear over pressure a grade 10 could cause
Further grades at GCSE could damage pupils’ mental health, says leading private school headteacher
Analysis: Can schools return to 2019 GCSE grades?
Covid has disrupted exam results for two years with fears that grade inflation could be ‘baked’ into the system. Can this be undone?
Monday
GCSEs: Covid rules for exams to relax from autumn term
No need for 2m distance from staff in exams from September, new Department for Education guidance says
Exams 2022: How to stop an examiner crisis next year
Will there be a dearth of GCSE and A-level examiners next year after two years of no marking? It’s a situation we can’t allow to happen, says this senior examiner
GCSEs: Mental health issues link to pupils missing out
Pupils experiencing poor mental health are three times more likely not to secure five GCSE grades at A* to C or 9 to 4, a study suggests.
Thursday
GCSEs 2021: Final grade checks needed by results day
Schools minister sets out plans for grading reviews and provisional process for next year’s GCSE and A-level exams
GCSEs 2021: Teachers’ time to prepare was ‘squandered’
Shadow education secretary criticises Boris Johnson, Gavin Williamson and Nick Gibb over handling of GCSEs and A levels
Should Sats tests return - or be abandoned forever?
After Sats KS2 tests were cancelled in 2020 and 2021, four school leaders give their views on whether they should return
Wednesday
Gibb: Pandemic used to ‘reheat’ agenda to abolish GCSEs
Scrapping GCSE exams would take education system back ‘decades’, schools minister warns
GCSE 2022: ‘The potential inequality is evident’
It’s unacceptable that geography GCSE students are being penalised for decisions their teachers took a year ago, says Steve Brace
