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
24th Aug 2023
GCSE results 2023: Results by subject
Schools in England received this year’s GCSE results today. Find out how your subject performed
GCSEs in Wales: One in 5 entries gets top grade
Wales’ GCSE results for 2023 show that 21.7 per cent of entries were graded A/7 or above – a fall on last year’s figures
GCSEs: Northern Ireland attainment rates fall again
Northern Ireland’s GCSE results for 2023 follow similar trends to its A-level results, with a return towards pre-pandemic grading
Wednesday
23rd Aug 2023
AI no good for high-stakes assessment, says exam board
The use of artificial intelligence in education needs close supervision from teachers, says AQA
GCSE results 2023: Schools await grades but fewer top marks expected
This year’s GCSE grades are set to be lower than previous years as Ofqual completes its two-year programme to reverse grade inflation
GCSEs: How to support students who miss their grades
What can teachers do to help students who miss their grades on GCSE results day? Here’s a checklist of the options you can offer them
Tuesday
22nd Aug 2023
Approach to appeals this year ‘appalling’, say Scottish heads
Students’ inability to challenge grades based on past performance ‘flies in the face of closing the attainment gap’, says School Leaders Scotland
Keegan defends A-level remarks
Education secretary says she has never asked anyone for their A-level results in her 30 years in business
Who should create a new national curriculum?
If Labour gains power and reforms the national curriculum then it must ensure the sector feels involved in the process, says CST deputy CEO Steve Rollett
Monday
21st Aug 2023
A-level results reveal worsening rich-poor divide
The attainment gap existed before the pandemic, but this year’s A-level results show it’s only getting worse and must be tackled, says Carl Cullinane of the Sutton Trust
GCSEs 2023: Call for ‘urgent’ rethink on resits
The underperformance of boys in school examinations ‘should be a matter of national concern’ ahead of this week’s GCSEs, claims new report