Assessment

The latest news and analysis on exams in the UK, including key dates, timetables, results and statistics for Sats, GCSEs and A levels

Thursday

13th Jun 2024

SQA replacement ‘much more than a name change or rebrand’
The new Qualifications Scotland body due in 2025 will prioritise the voices of teachers and pupils, promise the chair and chief executive of the Scottish Qualifications Authority
SQA replacement ‘much more than a name change or rebrand’

Monday

10th Jun 2024

Scottish curricular reform is happening from the ground up
The author of the landmark 2022 Muir report on education reform in Scotland says that, with the right conditions in place, Scottish headteachers are ready to drive reform
Flowers growing

Friday

7th Jun 2024

Weekly round-up: Teacher pay and school complaints
This week’s essential education news includes a ÌÇÐÄVlog investigation into the number of academies paying teachers above the national rate and a warning about schools facing rising complaints
Round up

Thursday

6th Jun 2024

Scotland’s education bill must provide fresh impetus for reform
Movement towards new Scottish qualifications and inspection bodies is welcome, says EIS general secretary – but teachers will be looking for signs changes are ‘meaningful’
Butterfly

Wednesday

5th Jun 2024

How much will Scotland’s new inspection and qualifications bodies cost?
New figures put the cost of establishing the new bodies at anywhere from under £1 million to over £30 million in the first four years
How much will Scotland’s new inspection and qualifications bodies cost?
New education bill sets date for SQA replacement - and reveals its name
Milestone for Scottish education reform with confirmation of new qualifications agency, including ‘central’ role for teachers and students, and an independent inspection body
Exams: International Baccalaureate 2023 results

Friday

24th May 2024

Ofqual: Bauckham is DfE choice for chief regulator
The government’s preferred candidate to lead Ofqual has held the role of interim chief regulator since January
Ofqual: Bauckham is DfE choice for chief regulator

Thursday

23rd May 2024

Weekly round-up: Teacher demands for the general election
ÌÇÐÄVlog’ essential education news this week includes calls for change in the school system ahead of the general election and pressure over teacher pay
Weekly round-up: Teacher demands for the general election

Wednesday

22nd May 2024

SQA: Scottish schools to get access to marked exam papers for first time
Marked exam papers in five subject areas will be made available to all schools on results day in August – the SQA says it hopes the move will ‘ensure transparency’
Exam results

Tuesday

21st May 2024

Teachers complain of ‘obscure’ English lit GCSE extract
Teachers warn exam board AQA that some students were at a disadvantage in this year’s GCSE English literature paper
Teachers complain about ‘obscure’ English Lit GCSE extract

Friday

17th May 2024

Sats 2024: How did pupils find the tests this year?
Concerns were raised over a ‘deliberately tricky’ maths paper, but the reading test was not as difficult as last year’s controversial exam, primary heads report
Sats 2024: How did the tests go this year?
Scotland and Pisa: new analysis of ‘troubling’ results
There are ‘only a few encouraging conclusions for Scottish education policy’ to mitigate declining Pisa scores in maths, science and reading, says Lindsay Paterson
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