In January, UK education secretary Gavin Williamson announced that GCSE and A-level exams in England would not go ahead. Now, Williamson has outlined further information about how assessments for ...

Sir Ian Bauckham, Chief Regulator at Ofqual, will say today that Labour's flagship A-level and GCSE reforms will need to ...

The difference in average GCSE English and maths results between poorer and richer pupils – the so-called “attainment gap” – is the largest in England in over a decade, according to a recent ...

The interim report sets out the areas of focus for its final report which will make recommendations to the Government in the autumn. A review will consider reducing the “volume of assessment” at GCSE ...

GCSE, AS and A-level exams in England this summer will be replaced by school assessments, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has confirmed. Mr Williamson told MPs that the Government will put its ...

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GCSE and A-level exams will be replaced with school-based assessments this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has confirmed. The new announcement follows the ...