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How to retain examiners? Show them the money
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Examiners Accountability Exam boards
  • Feb 18, 2019
Joint Council for Qualifications appoints director general
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Exam boards JCQ
  • Feb 13, 2019
Exam boards to choose own programming assessments for computer science GCSE
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Exam boards GCSEs Computer science Programming Assessments
  • Jan 23, 2019
Technology 'could end summer exam season'
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EdTech Technology Exam system GCSEs ASCL Exam boards
  • Dec 11, 2018
Exam board marking league tables delayed by monitoring concerns
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Ofqual League tables Marking Exam results Exam boards
  • Dec 3, 2018
Chief executive of Scotland’s exam body set to retire
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Scotland Exam boards
  • Oct 27, 2018
Pay rise for £450k-a-year exam board chief
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City & Guilds Pay Exam boards
  • Oct 24, 2018
Scottish exam body accused of ‘piling pressure on schools’
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Scotland SQA Exam boards EIS
  • Oct 17, 2018
Hinds: ‘I’m happy with system of multiple exam boards’
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Damian Hinds Exam system Exam boards
  • Oct 13, 2018
New boss announced for OCR exam board
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Exam boards OCR A-levels GCSEs
  • Oct 5, 2018
JCQ boss to take job at AQA exam board
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Exam boards Leaders
  • Sep 11, 2018
Transparency call as English regulator keeps key papers secret
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OfS Exam boards
  • Sep 3, 2018
Exam result details now obtainable for free under GDPR
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Exam results GDPR ICO Exam boards
  • Aug 29, 2018
Summer 2018 data exchange procedure
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Assessments Qualifications Exam results Exam boards
  • Aug 23, 2018
Tiered 9 to 1 GCSEs in languages and sciences, 2018
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GCSEs Languages Science Exam results Exam boards Chemistry Physics
  • Aug 23, 2018
A-level remarking 'favours those with money' and penalises 'working-class kids', union claims
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A-levels Exam results Remarking Exam boards Disadvantaged pupils Finances
  • Aug 16, 2018
Exam board to show students exactly where they went wrong
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Exam boards Exam results A-levels Edexcel
  • Aug 16, 2018
Transgender teens can remove gender from A-level qualifications in major exam board shift
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Gender identity A-levels Exam boards
  • Aug 15, 2018
Exam boards launch review as parents exploit mental health loophole to get students extra time
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Exam boards Mental health Extra time Exams
  • Aug 14, 2018
Exam boards launch review as parents exploit loophole to get students extra time
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Exam boards Mental health Parents Exams A-levels GCSEs
  • Aug 13, 2018
Latest information and updates from WJEC
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Exam boards
  • Aug 13, 2018
Exam boards are struggling to keep pace with modern cheating, malpractice inquiry chair warns
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Exam boards Cheating
  • Aug 3, 2018
Education secretary ‘welcomes’ awarding bodies decision to withdraw T-levels legal challenge
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T-levels FAB Damian Hinds DfE Exam boards
  • Aug 2, 2018
OCR forced to pay £187K for GCSE exam blunder
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Ofqual OCR GCSEs Exam boards
  • Jul 27, 2018
Teams scour social media to catch A-level and GCSE cheats
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Social media Cheating A-levels GCSEs Exam boards
  • Jul 26, 2018
Commission launched into exam malpractice
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Exam boards JCQ
  • Jul 26, 2018
Ofqual raps exam boards for 'misleading' seminars
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Ofqual Exam boards
  • Jul 19, 2018
Exam boards launch legal challenge over government's flagship T-level qualifications
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T-levels Exam boards Legal action Technical education FAB DfE IoA Institute for Apprenticeships
  • Jul 18, 2018
Is one exam board per T-level the ‘testing ground’ for A-levels?
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T-levels Exam boards Anne Milton A-levels
  • Jul 15, 2018
Exam board fined £175,000 for GCSE question that mixed up Romeo and Juliet families
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GCSEs Exam boards Exams OCR English literature
  • Jul 3, 2018
Exam board to be fined record £175,000 after mixing up Montagues and Capulets in GCSE paper
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Exam boards GCSEs OCR Ofqual
  • Jul 2, 2018
Shakespeare rewrite means six-figure fine for exam board OCR
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GCSEs OCR Exam boards
  • Jul 2, 2018
Thou art a villain: Ofqual fines exam board for Montague mix-up
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GCSEs OCR Exam boards
  • Jul 2, 2018
Exam board OCR faces £175k fine over elementary Romeo and Juliet error in English literature GCSE
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Exam boards OCR English literature
  • Jul 2, 2018
New CEO for Cambridge International exam board
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Exam boards iGCSEs
  • Jun 27, 2018
Exam board 'sorry' for audio mix-up in French and Spanish A-levels
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A-levels Exams Exam boards French
  • Jun 19, 2018
'Impossible' French A-level exam 'a disgrace' say students
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A-levels Exams French Exam boards
  • Jun 19, 2018
Stab victim who missed GCSEs in hospital is denied his grades
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GCSEs Secondary Exams Exam boards Exam results
  • May 23, 2018
Scotland: Heads on the block after history exam gets wrong date for death of Mary Queen of Scots
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Scotland Exams Exam boards
  • May 22, 2018
Pupils ‘upset’ after exam board’s blunder over Mary Queen of Scots
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Scotland Exams Exam boards
  • May 22, 2018
Scotland: Exam board’s fatal error over Mary Queen of Scots
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Exams Exam boards SQA Scotland
  • May 22, 2018
Exam board leaders criticise three-year GCSE courses
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Exam boards GCSEs
  • Apr 16, 2018
Term-time holiday rules stop children taking dance exams
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Term-time holidays Exams Dance Exam boards Absence School attendance
  • Mar 29, 2018
Ofqual cracks down on exam board reviewers’ marking changes
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Ofqual Exam boards Reviews Marking
  • Mar 20, 2018
Check results of pupils taught by teacher-examiners for cheating, exam boards told
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Cheating Teachers Exams Examiners Exam boards
  • Mar 14, 2018
Four things Ofqual says exam boards can do to clamp down on teacher-examiner cheats
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Ofqual Exam boards Teachers Examiners Exams Cheating
  • Mar 14, 2018
OCR suffers 20% drop in awards as schools flee iGCSE
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Exam boards Qualifications Ofqual GCSEs AQA OCR Pearson WJEC Subject choice Exams League tables
  • Mar 2, 2018
Hacking could cause you 'significant harm', Ofqual warns exam boards
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Ofsted Exam boards Exams Assessment Primary Secondary
  • Mar 2, 2018
OCR fined £125k after GCSE exam answers found in textbooks
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GCSEs Exams Computing Exam boards Assessment
  • Mar 2, 2018
Ofqual to fine OCR over textbooks that gave answers to GCSE computing controlled assessments
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OCR Exams Exam boards GCSEs Ofqual Assessment Computing Textbooks
  • Mar 2, 2018
Pupils could help exam board to spot errors in its GCSEs
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Exam boards Exams GCSEs
  • Feb 22, 2018
Thousands of teachers caught cheating in tests as MPs demand transparency from exam boards  
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Teachers Cheating Exam boards Malpractice
  • Feb 11, 2018
Lack of tech in exams is denying pupils their ‘normal way of working’
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Technology Exams Exam boards Integration
  • Feb 2, 2018
AQA admits breaking rules on exam re-marks
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AQA Exams Remarking A-levels GCSEs Secondary Exam boards Ofqual
  • Dec 21, 2017
Ofqual chief blames exam boards for big rise in GCSE grade changes
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Ofqual Exam boards Exam results GCSEs Exam grades Remarking
  • Dec 19, 2017
School examiners ignoring new rules on re-marking
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Exam boards Ofqual Exam results Remarking Moderation Reviews GCSEs A-levels Secondary
  • Dec 15, 2017
Ofqual criticises exam boards for flouting new rules on remarks amid huge spike in GCSE grade changes
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Ofqual Exams Remarking Moderation Reviews GCSEs Exam results Exam boards
  • Dec 14, 2017
Some multi academy trusts move to synchronise exam boards
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MATs Exam boards Academies Secondary schools
  • Oct 7, 2017
Fake exam certificate website shut down
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Cheating Exam boards
  • Sep 26, 2017
Pupils sit two maths GCSEs to cheat tables
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GCSEs Maths Cheating Exam boards Exams
  • Sep 26, 2017
Schools enter pupils for GCSE's with different exam boards
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GCSEs Exam boards Exams Cheating Exam system
  • Sep 25, 2017
Publish the exam results of A level and GCSE candidates studying independently says education charity
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GCSEs Exam results A-levels Exam boards
  • Sep 25, 2017
Exam boards launch GCSE 'double entry' investigation amid claims that schools are breaking rules 
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Exam system Exam boards GCSEs
  • Sep 25, 2017
Parents turning to Google to navigate jargon-laden SQA website
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Scotland SQA Exam boards Parents Education reforms
  • Sep 8, 2017
National Education Union comment on DfE not approving vocational qualifications
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NEU DfE Vocational qualifications Exam boards
  • Sep 7, 2017
HMC statement: protecting teachers and ensuring probity in the setting and teaching of examinations
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ISC Teachers Exams Exam boards Cheating Grading
  • Aug 30, 2017
Eton pupils' marks disallowed over second exam paper leak
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Guardian Exam results Cheating Misconduct Teachers Art history Eton Exam boards
  • Aug 30, 2017
Teachers ‘must stop setting exams for own pupils’
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Times Exams Teachers A-levels GCSEs Exam boards
  • Aug 30, 2017
'Cheating' scandal: Teachers shift blame to exam boards
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Telegraph Teachers Cheating Exam boards
  • Aug 29, 2017
Pupils traumatised by Grenfell Tower and Manchester Arena bombing win special exam treatment
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Times Terrorism Exam boards A-levels Exam results
  • Aug 17, 2017
A-Level students left under prepared and disadvantaged for this year's exams, finds survey
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Independent A-levels Exams Exam boards
  • Aug 16, 2017
Exam boards decline to publish A level grade boundaries ahead of results day to protect student mental health
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Independent Exam boards Exam results A-levels Mental health
  • Aug 16, 2017
What entry level qualifications available for students?
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NAHT DfE Ofqual Entry level Pearson GCSEs Exam boards
  • Aug 15, 2017
A levels exam chiefs deny ‘dumbing down’ standards for better results
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A-levels Exam results Ofqual Exam boards
  • Aug 13, 2017
Music exam board accused of 'dumbing down' with multiple choice questions
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Music Exam boards
  • Aug 12, 2017
Appeals expected to rise as major exam boards allows schools to download scripts on results day
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Exams Exam results Appeals Exam boards
  • Aug 11, 2017
Confusion reigns over new rules for independent coursework reviews
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Schools Week GCSEs Exam boards JCQ Independent assessor Ofqual Reviews
  • Aug 9, 2017
Exam boards scrub terror references to avoid distress
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Times Exam boards Terrorism
  • Jul 29, 2017
GCSE and A level exams altered in wake of Manchester terrorist attack to remove sensitive content
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A-levels GCSEs Exams Exam boards Terrorism
  • Jul 28, 2017
Manchester bombing led to 11th-hour changes to exam papers
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BBC Exams A-levels GCSEs Exam boards Terrorism
  • Jul 28, 2017
Schools get right to appeal GCSE and A-level ‘marking errors’
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Schools Week GCSEs A-levels Exams Marking Appeals Ofqual Exam boards
  • Jun 28, 2017
Exam boards ask students and NQTs to mark GCSE and A-level exam papers
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GCSEs A-levels Exams Marking NQTs Secondary schools AQA Trainee teachers Exam boards
  • Apr 13, 2017
Exam board faces £50,000 Ofqual fine for handling of qualifications fraud case
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Colleges Ofqual Qualifications Exams Awarding organisations Malpractice Exam boards
  • Feb 27, 2017

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