Exams regulator Ofqual is consulting on allowing exam boards to each submit proposals for two qualifications with onscreen elements.
FOR years students have familiarised themselves with GCSE exams during their time in secondary education – but before that students sat O levels. But when did this change in exams happen and what was ...
Top GCSE grades have dropped slightly this summer but are still higher than pre-pandemic levels. The share of GCSE entries across England, Wales and Northern Ireland awarded a grade 7 or above – ...
GCSE and A-level exams could be taken on laptops by as early as 2030, after pupils complained of writing fatigue because their hand muscles 'aren't strong enough'. Exams watchdog, Ofqual, is launching ...
Hundreds of thousands of pupils across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland are poised to discover their A-level and GCSE results. A-level and AS-level results will be released on 14 August. On the ...
There are set to be big changes to A-levels, AS-levels and GCSEs in Northern Ireland. The Education Minister Paul Givan has said that pupils are being "over-tested" in school. His department is ...
The proportion of GCSE entries awarded top grades has fallen from last year but is higher than before the pandemic – while students in England were left worse off than those in Wales and Northern ...
The Notting Hill star said the move would be of great cost to children’s “education, mental health and safety” ...
The “chronic” underperformance of boys at GCSE level should be treated as a “major issue”, a leading education expert has warned. Professor Alan Smithers, director of the Centre for Education and ...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government has announced a major U-turn on A level and GCSE exams in England, scrapping an algorithm to decide results and basing them on teacher predictions instead. It ...