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
17th Aug 2023
Weekly round-up: A-level results - all the reaction
This week鈥檚 education news round-up includes analysis and reaction from Thursday鈥檚 A-level results
A-level results 2023: Saxton defends lower grading after MAT boss hits out
Ofqual chief defends England鈥檚 return to pre-pandemic grading this year, after Jon Coles called the divergence in standards between nations 鈥榗ompletely indefensible鈥
Exclusive
A levels 2023: 10 key insights for teachers
糖心Vlog picks through today鈥檚 A-level results data to reveal the significant trends 鈥 from the increase in low grades to the subjects growing in popularity and the gender divide
A-level results 2023: Wider gap 鈥榙own to lack of catch-up cash鈥
Today鈥檚 A-level results show that the disadvantage gap and the regional variation in grades have widened, warn education leaders
A levels 2023: Results by subject
The latest A-level results for England broken down by subjects
A-level passes in Northern Ireland returning to pre-Covid levels
Data from the first full set of summer exams since a two-year hiatus during the pandemic shows a system heading back towards 2019
Wales A-level results: Top grades fall but remain above pre-Covid levels
Results data shows that Wales is continuing its A-level journey 鈥榖ack to pre-pandemic assessment arrangements鈥
A-level results 2023: Top grades up in private schools but drop in North East
The latest A-level results for England reveal the winners and losers of the government鈥檚 return to pre-pandemic grading for this summer鈥檚 exams
Wednesday
16th Aug 2023
A-level results 2023: Grades set to be revealed
Schools, colleges and students prepare to receive this year鈥檚 A-level results, with fewer top grades expected
Why we must end the Stem vs Shape debate
The traditional divide between the sciences and the arts in education needs to be bridged if we are to empower our students to solve global challenges, say the presidents of the British Science Association and the British Academy
A levels: Explain lower results to employers, DfE told
It is 鈥榠mperative鈥 that employers understand how A-level grading standards have changed in the years since the pandemic, say heads鈥 leaders