Looking ahead to A level results
Next Thursday, AS and A level results are released. If you’re counting down the days, here is an update on some of the issues that have arisen over the summer, and a few things to bear in mind when results …
A levels and GCSEs
Exams are over, so what happens now?
What happens once GCSE and A level exams have finished? An immense amount of work to mark and grade the papers that learners have completed.
Exams are starting
We're using our last blog before summer exams start to share our final hints and tips for students
Using NRT evidence this summer
In February and March year 11 students from over 300 schools in England took part in the third National Reference Test (NRT) in English and maths. This blog explains how the NRT evidence will be used when the exam boards set grade boundaries in GCSE English language and maths this summer.
How do we achieve fairness in exams?
Making sure that qualifications are fair requires careful design, analysis and evaluation of all aspects of qualification delivery. Fairness sits at the heart of our work and is something we are thinking about all the time.
How are teachers and students responding to new GCSEs and A levels?
The reforms to GCSEs, AS and A levels were the biggest in a generation. We asked more than 500 teachers for their experiences of teaching them and we were delighted by their engagement, professionalism and insight.
Helping exams officers to run a successful summer exam series
Running exams is a tough job and one that requires all-year-round effort. Ofqual has been in discussions with exams officers since last summer to find ways we can help them run a smooth, incident-free series.
How to talk to your students about exam anxiety
This latest blog in our series on test anxiety offer strategies which teachers might find useful to help reduce their students’ experiences of exam anxiety.
What can schools do about examination and test anxiety
This blog discusses how school staff can help students through exam time, looking at whole-school approaches and supporting individual needs.
Examining the examiners
While students are getting ready to take their exams this summer, exam boards are also busy, completing their examiner recruitment and finalising their arrangements for the series. This is no mean feat. Last summer alone, 63,000 examiners were needed to …