Exams

‘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
Colleges, Exams

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
Exams

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
Exams

Swap ‘cliff-edge’ GCSEs for ‘test when ready’, says exams review 

Independent Assessment Commission says qualifications are 'inequitable and unreliable'

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Exams, Ofqual

Owner of defunct awarding body demands Ofqual repays £115,000 fine

'We’ll look to court if we need to'

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Covid-19, Exams

Scheme extended to cover costs of extra invigilators for this term’s vocational exams

Exams invigilator costs can be claimed back by FE centres with high staff absences due to Covid.

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Exams

‘I won’t be hiding away in the Ofqual attic’

New exams chief Dr Jo Saxton says she likes a challenge. Just as well, as she faces having to...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Exams

Exams 2022: Ofqual confirms ‘plan B’ details

Exams watchdog says schools and colleges should 'guard' against 'over-assessment' of students

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth