As we close in on the ninth summer of awarding GCSE grades 9 to 1, we can say they aren’t quite so ‘new’ any more. And yet we still see thousands of visits every month to our explainers on the …
...is to align standards between exam boards in a subject and over time. So it should be no easier, or difficult, to get a particular grade with one board than...
We are aware that a petition is circulating suggesting that the new GCSE drama course contains more written elements than practical elements and calls on others to object; We want...
Many of you reading this blog will know of the work we have been doing to review exam boards’ sample GCSE maths papers. Those particularly interested in the detail may...
...are overseeing awarding this summer on our website. Glenys Stacey Chief Regulator i When we refer to IGCSEs, we are including Level 1/2 Certificates which are commonly known as IGCSEs....
A few months ago we presented the headline results of a survey commissioned in 2014 looking at the ways in which teachers can seek to improve the grades of their...
As Ofqual’s Chief Regulator, I care deeply about assessment, of course, but it is only one part of the system; qualifications should be designed to deliver the curriculum aims first...
In September 2015 students will begin studying the new GCSE in English language, which will be graded 9 to 1. The qualification will be first awarded in 2017. The English...
The latest YouGov report is the 13th annual exploration of attitudes to general and vocational qualifications, as well as to Ofqual. The research, which we commissioned and was conducted by YouGov, investigated perceptions and levels of confidence in qualifications and …
I have written to all secondary schools during half-term to provide them with information about the new national reference tests that we are introducing - and to ask them for their support for this important development.
...a result of our research. Let me begin by reminding you what we were setting out to do. Our research programme initially had three strands, which we subsequently extended to...