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Ofqual REMOVES mock exam appeals policy just hours after publication

The exams regulator sensationally removed its guidance on mock exam appeals just hours after first publishing it – claiming the policy is now being “reviewed”. On Saturday afternoon, Ofqual published the eight criteria that mock exam grades must meet to be deemed valid and used as part of appeals for downgraded pupils. However the guidance […]

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Ofqual adviser: Staff are ‘tearing their hair out – it’s an absolute shambles’

An Ofqual adviser has broken ranks to brand the handling of this year’s results as an “absolute shambles”, suggesting the only solution to quell the growing outrage may be to award pupils their teacher grades. Professor Rob Coe, who sits on the regulator’s standards advisory committee, told the Radio 4 Today programme the awarding of […]

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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 Department for Education, in a press release published today, said that state-funded schools and colleges will be able to claim back unsuccessful appeals at the same time as claiming back fees for autumn exams. Successful appeals […]

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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 for downgraded pupils – but graded non-examination assessments can also be used, Ofqual has confirmed. Ofqual has revealed the criteria that mock exam grades must meet for schools to be able to use them as part […]

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Legal action threat over A-level results fiasco

The government may face legal action on behalf of students affected by this year’s A-levels debacle. At least two legal challenges are in the early stages of being mounted, following upset across England in response to grades issued yesterday. It comes after the Equalities and Human Rights Commission warned it may intervene following a day […]

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The chaos generated by this year’s exam results lies squarely at the door of Gavin Williamson

The education secretary has, instead of neutralising problems with A-level and GCSE gradings, “taken a blow torch” to the English exams system, writes Tom Bewick. Most people will remember the former US defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, when he famously introduced to the lexicon, “known unknowns.” It sparked a whole public debate about the information politicians […]

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Colleges demand urgent review into “biased” A-level grading process

The Association of Colleges has written to education secretary Gavin Williamson and Ofqual chief regulator Sally Collier calling for an “urgent” review into the standardisation process used for A-level results from larger centres. David Hughes, the association’s chief executive, writes in the letter it appears some colleges with larger numbers of A-level students have been […]

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Top results for vocational qualifications see “small increase,” reports Ofqual

Ofqual has found the number of top grades awarded for certain vocational qualifications has had a “small” increase on last year, but say there has been no “sudden slip of standards or introduction of bias” due to measures introduced for assessments during the coronavirus pandemic. The exams watchdog, in an analysis of grades awarded for level 3 […]

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A-level results 2020: Top grades up by 2.4 percentage points

The proportion of top A-level grades handed to students in England has increased by 2.4 per cent this year. But sector leaders have already warned of “volatility” among results at exam centre and student level, after teenagers began to receive their results today. The exams regulator Ofqual has reported that 27.6 per cent of grades […]

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