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A damning new report also warns the government did not learn lessons on schools from the first Covid lockdown

Heads’ confidence in exam boards has been ‘dented’ by ‘muddled’ rebate process

Board will return 33 per cent of its fees after Covid led to summer exam cancellations

Covid jabs will be offered to around 4,000 young people in Scotland aged between 12 and 17 before 16 August

School leaders’ union say teachers must be trusted with advance notice of topics in the autumn term

A lack of contingency plans for next year’s exams is ‘unacceptable and deeply disappointing’, say heads

Ofqual reveals the impact of using grades produced by schools in last summer’s GCSE and A levels

More than half of teachers working in deprived areas were unsatisfied with the level of support provided to determine grades this year

But experts warn programme is only targeted at a subset of pupils in Year 7 and more Covid catch-up support is needed across year groups

Education committee gets clarification from Ofqual over ‘confusing’ appeals deadline dates

Ofqual urged to review exam board rebate processes to understand ‘reasons for large differences’ in sums given back

In Scotland, millions of pounds are being invested in the new role: so what is it?