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A-level results 2021: Top grades rise to 44% in record-breaking year

The proportion of top A-level grades handed out this year has increased to more than 44 per cent following the cancellation of exams and switch to teacher assessment grades. The record-breaking results saw 37 per cent of all A-level students in England get three As or better – more than double the 17.9 per cent […]

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Level 3 results 2021 | Live blog

Welcome to FE Week‘s liveblog of A-level and level 3 results day 2021! UPDATE: The live blog is now closed. Sorry if your pictures didn’t make it in – we’ve been inundated with stories and there simply hasn’t been time to add them all. We really appreciate you sending them so thank you. Congratulations to all […]

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Teachers have ‘earned country’s trust and admiration’, says Williamson

Education secretary Gavin Williamson has said teachers’ “hard work” in producing grades for their students this year has “earned the trust and admiration of the whole country”. In a letter thanking teachers ahead of A-level results day tomorrow, Williamson said teachers have given students “their passports to the future”. It follows Dr Mary Bousted, National Education Union […]

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Ahead of results, let’s remember how hard everyone’s worked

Both the workload and the level of responsibility staff have shouldered in providing accurate results need to be duly recognised, writes Julie McCulloch With vocational and technical qualifications and A-level results imminent, let’s just remind ourselves how we got here. Because this is, of course, a results day like no other. The global pandemic and […]

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Ofqual confirms vocational and technical qualification exam arrangements for 2021/22

Ofqual has confirmed teacher-assessed grades are to end and exams will return next year for vocational and technical qualifications. But awarding bodies will be allowed to adapt assessments in 2021/22 for qualifications like functional skills and T Levels, in light of how Covid-19 has affected students’ learning, the regulator has said. What adaptations could be […]

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Pearson to return 33% of exam fees

Pearson has finally revealed its hand on exam fee rebates, announcing today it will return 33 per cent of fees for GCSE and A-levels back to schools and colleges. The company’s exam board, Edexcel, will return £31 million in fees via a rebate to schools and colleges, meaning it sits in the middle of offers […]

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New £55k chair wanted to steer Ofqual through ‘unprecedented challenges’

The government is searching for a new Ofqual chair to steer the regulator through “unprecedented challenges” and shape the future of exams during a “period of significant change”. The successful candidate will be paid £55,120 per year for working two days a week. They will take over from current interim chair Ian Bauckham, an academy […]

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Here is how the IfATE would deliver on the Skills Bill

The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education has developed an ‘Employer Centred, Future Facing’ strategy to go with the Skills Bill, writes Jennifer Coupland The Skills and Post-16 Education Bill is a fantastic endorsement of the employer-led approach to identifying what training is needed to plug the nation’s skills gaps. Employers know what works, and putting […]

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Union calls for formal review after OCR confirms 42% exam fees rebate

Exam board OCR has confirmed it will give schools and colleges a rebate of 42 per cent of fees for GCSEs and A-levels. The announcement is likely to put more pressure on AQA – the country’s largest exam board – to up its rebate. The board will only return 26 per cent of entry fees, […]

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