Assessment
The latest news and analysis on exams in the UK, including key dates, timetables, results and statistics for Sats, GCSEs and A levels
Wednesday
1st Jun 2022
Fears for leader workload as 3 in 5 exams officers ‘consider’ leaving
Exclusive: Exams officer exodus could burden leaders and result in fines, schools warned
Timeline for exam review unveiled
Independent review of qualifications and assessment follows OECD criticism of the heavily exams-based system in upper secondary in Scotland
Friday
27th May 2022
Need to know: Catch-up, vulnerable pupils and the NIoT
A roundup of ÌÇÐÄVlog’ most popular articles from the past week, including the lowdown on the new £121 million National Institute of Teaching and a look at whether the post-Covid catch-up plan has failed
How to establish positive revision habits
Exam season is here, and there’s still time to foster good revision habits with your students – here’s how one Year 12 teacher did it
Tuesday
24th May 2022
Give weaker students best teachers to raise grades, schools told
Highly-rated teachers can have most impact on grades of lower-achieving students, finds research
The classroom activities that boost GCSE scores, according to research
As new research reveals which teaching practices produce better GCSE results for students in English and maths, Professor Simon Burgess explains what the findings mean for classroom teachers
Friday
20th May 2022
Need to know: ITT reaccreditation, DfE legal action and county lines
A round-up of ÌÇÐÄVlog’ most popular articles from the past week, including how many ITT providers have been reaccredited and what schools can do to help tackle the issue of county lines
GCSEs 2022: Year 11 absence double pre-pandemic rate
Over half of disadvantaged students sitting GCSEs this year missed at least 10 per cent of school sessions, compared to less than a third in 2018-19
Exams 2022: Failed collections mean ‘thousands’ of exam papers could be lost
Exclusive: Issues with timed collections mean many exam officers are being forced to leave completed papers at the post office
In exam season, leave them kids alone
Debates about the fairness of exams are important but we should be cautious about how we frame discussions at this time of year, says Jon Severs
GCSEs 2022: Exam board warning over ‘clickbait’ grades videos
Exclusive: AQA warning over ‘misleading’ YouTube content that claims to predict pass marks needed to achieve grade levels