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A flexible and supportive approach to reforming EQA

The timeline has been extended for the external quality assurance (EQA) transition because apprentice assessment providers are under huge amounts of pressure due to Covid-19, writes Rob Nitsch  We have decided to give more time for the EQA for apprenticeship end-point assessment organisations (EPAOs) to transfer from the Institute-provided service to Ofqual. This recognises the […]

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Watchdog fears public bodies will avoid statistical models following exam grading backlash

Public bodies may be “less willing” to use statistical models to support decisions in future after the system to award exam grades last year failed to “command public confidence”, the statistics watchdog has warned. A review by the Office for Statistics Regulation, the regulatory arm of the UK Statistics Authority, found the grading system prompted […]

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GCSE and A-level exams 2021: Externally-set questions to be ‘optional’

Schools and colleges won’t be forced to use externally-set questions when determining their students’ GCSE and A-level grades this year, the government has confirmed. Teacher assessments will be used to issue grades to pupils this summer after formal exams were cancelled following partial school and college closures. A joint consultation by Ofqual and the Department […]

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GCSE and A-level exams 2021: What we know so far about the government’s plans

The government has confirmed its plans for replacing GCSE and A-level exams this summer, with teacher assessments due to be used to give students their grades. However, the full response to last month’s consultation is not expected to be published until later today. Education secretary Gavin Williamson is also due to brief MPs this afternoon. […]

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Confirmed: How BTEC and other vocational quals will be graded in 2021

The government has today outlined its final decisions for awarding BTEC and other vocational and technical qualification (VTQ) grades this summer. Following a consultation which ran last month and received just over 3,000 responses, the plans are very similar to the arrangements adopted last year when exams were cancelled. Awarding VTQs will again be based […]

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‘Pyrrhic victory’: Functional skills learners CAN receive teacher assessed grades

Functional skills students can receive teacher assessed grades this year but only if it is not possible to sit their exam either in-person or remotely, the government has finally confirmed. This will apply to those who have been unable to take the assessment since September 2020 right through to the end of the 2020/21 academic […]

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Pace of external quality assurance transferring to Ofqual slows to a crawl

Providers will be stuck paying for external quality assurance (EQA) for even longer than planned, as the process of transferring responsibilities to exams regulator Ofqual has slowed to a crawl. EQA duties for just one standard, accident repair technician, were transitioned from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) to Ofqual last month. That […]

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Experienced sector leader appointed new Hull College Group chair

The former principal of Trafford College has been made the new chair of Hull College Group, FE Week can reveal. Lesley Davies OBE has been appointed less than a week after the shock resignation of Daf Williams, who left after the college launched an investigation into spending under his watch. Interim principal Lowell Williams began […]

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Externally-set papers aren’t ‘exams by the back door’, says Ofqual chief

Proposals for externally-set papers to help inform teacher GCSE and A-level grades this year are not “exams by the back door”, Ofqual’s chief regulator has said after students flagged concerns. Ofqual is proposing that papers, providing by exams boards, can help teachers award a grade to their pupils this year after exams were scrapped. But […]

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