Assessment, Colleges, Young people

GCSE resits 2024: Maths pass rate up but English falls again

Resit cohorts rose substantially this year

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Assessment, Young people

Results 2024: 7 key trends from VTQ and T Level results

North West tops the table on T Level awards while engineering students most likely to struggle with industry placements

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Assessment, Young people

A-level results 2024: 8 key trends in England’s data

Here's what you need to know from the second year of 'normal' results since the pandemic

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Assessment, Young people

A-level results 2024: A* grades rise by 8%

Top grades up slightly on last year - but huge rise in students getting three A*s

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Assessment, Young people

T Level results 2024: Fewer dropouts but pass rate dips below 90%

Proportion receiving top grades has also fallen significantly

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Assessment, Young people

Attainment figures are meaningless for colleges. We should ditch them

The sector is accomplishing something remarkable - but it is very much in spite of incentives to do otherwise

JL Dutaut
Andrew Otty
Assessment, Awarding

Price of exams soar above inflation in 2024

General qualifications rise 6.4% while VTQs increase 5.5%

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Assessment

Why we’re developing micro-credentials – and you should too

These super-short, modularised courses are an evolutionary step in our response to changing sector needs

JL Dutaut
Louise Wolsey and Mark O'Reilly
Assessment

We must embrace an assessment system that goes beyond grades

Our new report reveals the NCFE’s Assessment Innovation Fund is helping to create a strong evidence base for much-needed...

JL Dutaut
Philip Le Feuvre