Assessment, Awarding

Leaked AQA chemistry A-level paper was stolen from Parcelforce van

Students who had 'full access' to leaked paper disqualified, but exam board confirms no impact on grade boundaries

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Assessment, Covid-19

‘Stressful and exhausting’: Ofqual report exposes teacher grade woes

Survey also shows over half of teachers felt pressured to change their grades last year by either leaders or...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Assessment

Changes to GCSE blamed for ‘crisis’ drop in A-level English exam entries

A-level English entries for 2022 are 35% lower than a decade ago.

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Assessment, Colleges

Colleges fork out for taxis and b&bs to get students to exams during rail strikes

Students resorted to sleepovers and parents took days off work to get their children to college on time

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Assessment, Colleges

Colleges told to raid own coffers to get students to exams during rail strike

DfE says and FE providers are 'best placed to prioritise their spending to support their pupils and students' during...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Assessment, Mental Health

Now’s the time to support students with revision and exam stress

Here are five ways to talk to your learners about coping with high-stakes assessment, writes Lesley French As many...

Jess Staufenberg
Lesley French
Assessment

Saxton: Adaptive testing could end exam tier ‘ceilings’

'What I found very difficult with tiering was having to have conversations with students and parents about ‘we just...

Will Nott
Will Nott
Assessment

Ofqual’s 3-year plan for exams: what you need to know

Exams watchdog pledges to support the use of technology in assessments

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Assessment

Only use exam board websites to access advance information, students told 

GCSE and A-level students should only access advance information about exam topics on official websites, exam boards have said,...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth