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‘The much-vaunted announcements about the summer exams are patchy and varied’
Earlier this month it was Chinese New Year and the year of the tiger began. A tiger year is associated…
18th February 2022
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Independent schools shine in record year for A-level results
A-level results released today (10 August) show an all-time high of 44.8% students achieving an A or A* grade. The…
10th August 2021
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Grade chaos ends: teacher-assessed grades reinstated across the UK
All teacher-assessed A-level results will be reinstated, Ofqual has announced, after the exam regulator decided to ditch its moderation algorithm….
17th August 2020
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HMC urges government to revert to teacher-assessed grades
Reverting to teacher-assessed grades for A-level results is the only way to lessen the strain on students and teachers, the…
17th August 2020
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2020 A-level grades: headteachers criticise ‘systematically unfair’ model
Leading figures from the independent school sector have criticised Ofqual’s “systematically unfair” model for awarding A-level grades in 2020. The…
22nd July 2020
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Independent sector responds to Ofqual grade plan
Leading figures from the independent school sector have welcomed the announcement from the exams regulator on how GCSEs and A-level grades…
7th April 2020
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Headteachers warn exam results are not fair to all pupils
Ofqual today released its annual statistics on the number of schools and colleges that challenged pupils’ exam grades in 2016….
19th December 2016
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The world of HMC
A week is a long time in politics and so too in the world of the Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference (HMC)….
18th November 2016
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How the top grades will be awarded in new GCSEs
The way students’ exam marks are graded is changing in 2017, from A* to G to 9 to 1 for…
8th September 2016
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New Ofqual test to affect 300 schools
Exam regulator Ofqual is to introduce a new pupil performance test next year, to measure whether there have been ‘genuine…
2nd September 2016
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