Tens of thousands of Scottish pupils will get exam results based on their predicted grades after Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish government completed an embarrassing U-turn. Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP administration bowed to pressure to alter course over a ‘standardisation’ system designed to tackle the fact that no exams have been sat due to coronavirus. The process was … Read more
Nearly 40% of A-level grades given by teachers in England will be downgraded when exam regulator Ofqual publishes students’ results next week. Up to 300,000 students stand to receive lower grades after exams were cancelled amid the coronavirus lockdown. Grades will instead be issued according to Ofqual’s statistical model, which draws on each pupil’s previous … Read more
300,000 A-level pupils in England face lower marks than expected as 39% of grades set by teachers ‘will be downgraded’ – amid fury in Scotland over 25% of papers marked down More than 730,000 A-level entries will be assessed by Ofqual’s statistical model Nearly 2 million grades set by teachers could be changed or ignored … Read more
Oxford University will accept scores of brilliant pupils from struggling schools even if they fail to get expected grades – sparking claims of ‘unfair’ discrimination Students who drop a grade – or even two – below their offer will still be admitted The chairman of the Campaign for Real Education says it is ‘social engineering’ … Read more
Exam results could be slashed amid forecasts suggesting teachers have marked pupils affected by the coronavirus pandemic too generously this year, while other pupils to be impacted by the virus will benefit from a £1billion support package. As some pupils face longer school days and new social distancing measures, data published by FFT Datalab suggests … Read more
Exam results could be slashed amid forecasts suggesting teachers have marked pupils affected by the coronavirus pandemic too generously this year, while other pupils to be impacted by the virus will benefit from a £1billion support package. As some pupils face longer school days and new social distancing measures, data published by FFT Datalab suggests … Read more
GCSE and A-Level pupils face being given the wrong grades due to teachers manually inputting thousands of scores into AQA exam board’s online system that is ‘ripe for human error’. Concerns have been raised about its ‘grade entry portal’, in which marks have to be put in one-by-one. AQA’s method has left school staff horrified … Read more
Pupils will not be able to appeal against exam grades this year under new proposals… and will be told to RE-SIT tests in the autumn if they are unhappy with their marks Exam regulator Ofqual propose to stop appeals against A-level and GCSE results Students will be graded by teachers after exams cancelled due to … Read more
Students who want to appeal against ‘carefully considered’ A-Level grades awarded to them by teachers amid the coronavirus pandemic could be forced to take a gap year before taking tests, the exam watchdog has warned. Yesterday, teachers were told to submit ‘fair and carefully considered’ GCSE and A-Level grades for their pupils, in lieu of … Read more