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The latest news and analysis on exams in the UK, including key dates, timetables, results and statistics for Sats, GCSEs and A levels
Tuesday
1st Sep 2026
Laura Trott: Labour risks repeating lowered expectations of the past
Summer policy announcements from the government with little depth risk undoing the excellent work of teachers over the past 10 years, argues the shadow education secretary
Revealed: Biggest disadvantage gaps in GCSE and A-level subject entries
糖心Vlog analysis finds large differences in areas such as PE and drama after Ofqual published 鈥� for the first time 鈥� qualification results and uptake by subject at local authority level
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Thursday
27th Aug 2026
Fact check: does the GCSE system really set up a third of students to fail?
Another year of declining proportions of resit students achieving a grade 4 in maths and English has resulted in much discussion about whether young people are being set up to fail 鈥� and whether a grade 4 really is necessary for future work
Teachers鈥� use of AI soars - but has little impact on working hours
Teachers show rapidly fading enthusiasm for AI, according to report based on survey of the profession in the UK
Friday
21st Aug 2026
AI may repel students from taking GCSE computing, exam board boss warns
As results day data shows falling entries, Cambridge OCR managing director Myles McGinley says the subject is 鈥榤ore important than ever鈥� as AI takes off
Insanity of GCSE resits policy revealed once again
Another year of most resit students falling short of the required grade 4 in English language and maths proves we need a change, argues ASCL chief Pepe Di鈥橧asio