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Reform of Functional Skills qualifications in English and maths
From September, all new students starting an FSQ in English or maths will be enrolled onto the reformed qualifications. This blog will take you through some of the changes.
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.
Some facts about International GCSEs
Reflecting on recent interest in the comparability of GCSEs and International GCSEs, this blog provides further information about the two types of qualification and how they operate in England.
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 …
What is it like to experience exam stress? A student perspective
Test anxiety blog series: 2 Authors: Tamsin McCaldin, Kerry-ann Brown and Dr Jo Greenwood With recent changes to exams in England, there has been increased media interest into exam stress and what that might mean for students working towards exams. …
11 things we know about marking and 2 things we don’t …yet
An enormous amount of work and research has been conducted on marking in recent years, including many contributions by Ofqual to ensure evidence-based regulation. Here is a summary of what we know, and some things we’re looking to find out …
Positive steps
As the summer exams approach we may expect to see, as in previous years, stories about students experiencing test anxiety. Nobody likes to hear of students being anxious and, like others, we want to play our part in helping young …