Awarding

WJEC exam board fined £350k over wrong GCSE results

Ofqual to issue WJEC with six-figure penalty after 1,527 GCSE students received incorrect results

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Awarding

Ofqual probe finds exam extra time figures wrong for years

'We are correcting the record as soon as possible', regulator says

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Awarding

Ofqual raps apprenticeship assessor over rogue pass results 

The awarding body breached the regulator's rules, but won't face sanctions

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Awarding, Politics

£16k legal bill blow as apprentice assessor’s £50k fine upheld

EPAO refutes Ofqual allegations that the company deliberately breached rules for financial gain

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Awarding

Pearson fined £250k over string of rule breaches

Ofqual found teachers who also drew up assessments could have known which papers pupils would take, and conflicts among...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Awarding

SEG chair Stott quits awarding group

The chair of the Skills and Education Group board has resigned with immediate effect on health grounds after eight...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Awarding

MPs give Sir Ian Bauckham the nod for Ofqual top job

Education committee hope he will serve a full term and 'restore much-needed stability' to the exams regulator

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Awarding, Long read

A FAB time for Nitsch careering from the army to FE

Former forces commander chief Rob Nitsch reveals how his commitment to public service took him from warzones to vocational...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Awarding

Root out qualifications fraud, Ofqual tells industry regulators

Cross-agency work underway to identify scale of abuse

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor