Secondary
Monday
17th May 2021
GCSEs: Pressure on teachers to limit grades generosity
The threat of senior staff lowering GCSE and A-level centre-assessed grades in 2020 was 鈥榮trongly felt鈥, Ofqual finds
GCSEs 2021: Teacher assessment risks bias, warns Ofqual
Watchdog鈥檚 review of research into teacher assessment finds 鈥榖ias鈥 against boys and disadvantaged students is 鈥榗ommon鈥
Friday
14th May 2021
鈥楽till time to do right by young people on assessment鈥
Those hit hardest by the pandemic must not be penalised, says Scotland鈥檚 children鈥檚 commissioner
GCSEs 2022: Covid could stop geography fieldwork again
Ofqual is proposing to remove the mandatory requirement for fieldwork for geography, geology and environmental science
Students face 鈥榰p to 43 exam-like assessments鈥
Overdue details of the appeals process will be released 鈥榮hortly鈥, education secretary John Swinney says
Exclusive: 鈥極fqual doesn鈥檛 trust teachers on GCSEs鈥
A group of 24 鈥榝rustrated鈥 MAT leaders write to regulator to demand answers over the handling of this year鈥檚 grading
GCSEs 2021: 鈥楬eads misunderstand exam board workload鈥
Heads calling for 拢135 million exam fees rebate have been accused by exam board of 鈥榤isunderstanding鈥 its workload
Exam details shared on another social media platform
Students have migrated from TikTok to less known social media site, where entire exam papers are being shared
GCSE: 鈥楧fE mustn鈥檛 forget its pledge to trust teachers鈥
Government has dumped GCSE and A-level assessment on overburdened teachers 鈥 you deserve our thanks, says Alison Peacock
GCSEs 2021: 鈥榃e need to keep an eye on grade inflation鈥
Ofqual chair says there will 鈥渉ave to be a distribution of grades鈥 in results this year and warns 鈥渨e can鈥檛 give everyone an A鈥
GCSEs 2022: Exams are still 鈥榩lan A鈥, says Ofqual
Planning for academic year ahead is聽鈥榟appening intensively at the moment鈥, according to Ofqual chair
Modern studies teacher elected as an MP
Modern studies lesson comes to life for teacher who taught students about representation of minority groups