Could you show me how to write this essay?’ my pupil asks, her wide-eyed expression trained hopefully on my face. A 17-year-old A-level student I have been coaching is meant to be working on her English coursework. The only problem? She has no intention of doing it herself. Once I restructured a paragraph in her … Read more
Could you show me how to write this essay?’ my pupil asks, her wide-eyed expression trained hopefully on my face. A 17-year-old A-level student I have been coaching is meant to be working on her English coursework. The only problem? She has no intention of doing it herself. Once I restructured a paragraph in her … Read more
How will Gavin Williamson’s GCSE and A-Level plan actually work? Gavin Williamson today unveiled his plan for awarding GCSE and A-Level grades this summer after exams were cancelled because of the pandemic. The Education Secretary is putting the power in teachers’ hands to award grades. They will be able to draw on a range of … Read more
Gavin Williamson’s plan to leave grading to teachers is ‘wide open to abuse’ and will ‘inevitably’ bump up marks because it is like football managers being left to predict their own team’s results, education experts told MailOnline today. The Education Secretary was fire-fighting in the Commons this afternoon over his ‘Wild West’ system for GCSEs … Read more
Gavin Williamson today tried to quell fears over a ‘Wild West’ system for GCSEs and A-Levels as experts warned his plan could be even worse than last year’s hated algorithm. The Education Secretary confirmed that teachers will have control over the marks their pupils get, but insisted there will be ‘meaningful checks’ and ‘quality assurance’, with … Read more
Ministers today insisted their GCSE and A-Level exam replacement plan is the ‘best we can do’ despite claims an expert has quit warning of an even more dire outcome than last year’s hated algorithm. Schools minister Nick Gibb confirmed that teachers will have control over the marks their pupils get, but insisting there will be ‘protective … Read more
Ministers today insisted their GCSE and A-Level exam replacement plan is the ‘best we can do’ despite claims an experts has quit warning of an even more dire outcome than last year’s hated algorithm. Schools minister Nick Gibb confirmed that teachers will have control over the marks their pupils get, but insisting there will be ‘protective … Read more
Children in years that should have sat exams this year could lead the way back to class in a phased reopening of schools after half-term. Under plans being considered, pupils who will be teacher-assessed for A-Levels and GCSEs this year after exams were cancelled could head back first along with years one and six in … Read more
GCSE and A-level pupils will ‘STILL face tests this summer’: Students ‘will sit mini exams this summer that will be marked by their teachers in new plans set to be unveiled by Ofqual’ Tests will be created by exam boards and set to be taken at end of summer term If schools do not reopen … Read more
GCSE and A-level pupils will ‘STILL face tests this summer’: Students ‘will sit mini exams this summer that will be marked by their teachers in new plans set to be unveiled by Ofqual’ Tests will be created by exam boards and set to be taken at end of summer term If schools do not reopen … Read more