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DfE confirms U-turn over masks in colleges

Learners and staff at colleges in high-transmission areas will be required to wear face coverings following a U-turn by...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Sally Collier to be replaced by Dame Glenys Stacey as Ofqual chief regulator

The chief regulator of Ofqual Sally Collier is to leave following the exams fiasco that has engulfed England in...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Government to U-turn on masks in colleges

Staff and students will be expected to wear face coverings in colleges in England from September following a government...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Government will pay exam appeal fees, says Williamson

The government will cover fees for failed appeals against exam grades following a huge backlash over A-level results. The...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Ofqual publishes criteria for ‘valid’ mock exam appeals

Mock exams must meet eight separate criteria to be classed as ‘valid’ and used as part of an appeal...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Ofsted director seconded to government Covid response team

A senior Ofsted director has been seconded to a government team planning for the return of students to schools...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

The government must address ‘inexplicable variations’ in sixth form colleges’ A-level results

Sixth form colleges are reporting that their A-level results do not reflect the grades they provided, or three year...

Freddie Whittaker
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Exams 2020: Ofqual confirms final appeals process for GCSEs and A-levels

Schools and colleges will be able to appeal against GCSE and A-level results if they feel data used to...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Rule change restricting use of 16-19 tuition fund branded ‘bureaucratic madness’

An “unwelcome” change to the rules for the government’s 16 to 19 tuition fund which restricts the learners the...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker