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The proportion of top grades awarded to students in the Autumn A-level exams is overall lower than the summer centre assessed grades, results published today show. More than 15,000 students in England will get their results today after sitting exams between 5 and 23 October. Students who received grade A and above in the Autumn […]
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Jennifer Coupland reflects on the challenges of 2020 and looks ahead to what the new year will hold for apprenticeships I recently marked my first anniversary as chief executive and could never have imagined that I would spend the vast majority of that time working from home, forever at the mercy of my Wi-Fi and […]
Opinion
A lack of regulatory powers for quality assurance providers to enforce compliance with apprentice assessment rules was a key reason for moving the job to Ofqual and the Office for Students, according to a new report. The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education has today published its first ever ‘external quality assurance’ (EQA) annual report, […]
The chair of exams regulator Ofqual is to stand down at the end of the year. Roger Taylor, who has been a member of the organisation’s board since 2012 and its chair since 2016, will be replaced by academy trust leader Ian Bauckham on an interim basis pending a “fair and open” competition to find […]
The government must “urgently” set out the exam adaptations that can be used by an estimated 130,000 students sitting BTEC and other technical assessments in January, the Labour Party has said. Shadow education secretary Kate Green today called it “unforgivable” that ministers had “neglected” these learners in their plans for aiding GCSE and A-level exams […]
Ofsted has today published a summary of what they found during their final “interim visits” of colleges and training providers that took place this autumn. A total of 84 providers were visited between October 19 and December 4 – the majority of which (44, or 52 per cent), were previously judged as ‘requires improvement’. The […]
Your weekly guide to who’s new and who’s leaving. Olivia Bussey, Board member, Federation of Awarding Bodies Start date: December 2020 Concurrent job: Head of quality and compliance; Ofqual responsible officer, NCC Education Interesting fact: She enjoys long runs on Saturdays, and a cool down straight after by working on random dance routines James Russell, […]
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A former exams company chief executive is set to replace Dame Glenys Stacey as the chief regulator at Ofqual, FE Week understands. Simon Lebus is being lined up to take over the top position at the exams regulator as Stacey’s interim period comes to end on December 31. Lebus served as the group chief executive […]
Ofqual is seeking views on its plans to release advance notice of topics ahead of exams next year, suggesting the information should not be so detailed that a student could memorise an answer. In a 10-day consultation launched today, the exams regulator has set out three principles on how it thinks the advance topics plan […]
