by Sam | 4 Jun 2014 | Education & Children's Services
Ofqual has today set out its proposals for completing GCSE and A level reform. The regulator has launched a public consultation on its approach to the remaining subjects. Subject content has been published by Government, or is being developed for most of the most...
by Sam | 13 May 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
Labour have angered teaching unions by announcing plans to introduce tests for pupils aged between five and 11 if it wins the next election. The National Union of Teachers has voted to boycott such tests, but Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt has said: “It’s...
by Sam | 9 Apr 2014 | Education & Children's Services
Education Secretary Michael Gove has announced that A-levels and GCSEs in arts subjects in England, such as history and geography, are to be made more “rigorous and demanding.” They will be taught from September 2016, alongside changes to A-levels in RE...
by Chris Rogers | 14 Feb 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
Ofqual has claimed that schools are playing the exams system by lodging “tactical” appeals against results in a bid to boost grades. The qualifications regulator says teachers are requesting re-marks in GCSEs and A-Levels with results just below key grade...
