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 …
In January we began a research programme looking at differences across the four reformed and accredited GCSE maths specifications – those of AQA, OCR, Pearson and WJEC. The work has...
When is helping a student not in his best interests, or fair to other students? It is a tricky question, and one of many we considered with a small group...
You may recall that we launched a research programme looking at the four new Ofqual accredited GCSE maths specifications in late January. If you need a refresher on what we’re...
I am sure many of you will have seen comments in the media over the past few days about the benefits or costs, practicalities or need for students to memorise...
I hope many of you reading this blog are already aware of the research programme we are undertaking to reassure ourselves, the exam boards, students and other stakeholders regarding the...
...designed for, like judging a school or determining a college’s funding. This can distort teaching and can lead to so-called ‘teaching to the test’, where passing the qualification is the...
With the end of term fast approaching, I have been reflecting on the first tranche of new GCSEs, AS and A levels. We have accredited 93 out of 124 specs, covering all subjects.
Over the next few weeks we will be moving our website over to GOV.UK, the single government website.
...What makes us stand out is the scale of things here. We looked recently at the detail of marking arrangements in Hong Kong. Overall, the arrangements are very similar to...
Understandably, the GCSE English results have attracted the largest share of the headlines overnight and this morning. The 1.9% drop in grades A* - C in this important subject looks...