Exams

Teenager arrested in exam board cyber attack investigation

Police confirm 16-year-old boy has been arrested and bailed until later this year

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

Leaders sound alarm as 2024 exam entry fees soar by up to 16.5%

Biggest exam board increases prices of some of its most popular qualifications far higher than inflation

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

Missed deadline risks thousands of BTEC results

Scores of schools and colleges missed the July 5 BTEC data deadline

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Exams

AQA also hit by exam paper cyber attack

Surrey Police investigating fraud and computer misuse allegation at England's largest exam board

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

Police investigate stolen exam papers after cyber-attack 

Officers are working with the DfE and National Crime Agency

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

The key trends in 2023 GCSE and A-level entries

Boost in popularity for maths, computing and classical subjects, but language and creative subjects in trouble

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Exams

Exams: Some colleges ‘unnecessarily’ doing too many ‘plan B’ tests

'Small number' of colleges have 'created a large number of new and additional mock exams and assessments'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams, Ofqual

Penalties soar for taking devices into exams

Ofqual figures indicate four times as many penalties for VTQ exams in 2022 than the previous year

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
Colleges, Exams

Exam fee hikes ‘make a mockery’ of financial planning

Exam fee rises will cost schools and colleges hundreds of thousands of pounds more.

Tallulah Taylor
Tallulah Taylor and Samantha Booth