Ofqual

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Ofqual‘s chief regulator has sought to dispel pupil fears that using externally-set papers to aid teacher grading this summer represents “exams by the back door”. Under the regulator’s plan

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A traffic light system could sit alongside grades for 2021 to signify levels of lost learning, Ofqual’s interim chief regulator has said. Dame Glenys Stacey told the education select commit

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Pupils taking exams in 2021 will benefit from similarly generous grades to those awarded this summer, as part of a range of supportive measures unveiled by the government. Formula sheets wi

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The system used to award this summer’s exam grades did not disadvantage poorer pupils or those with protected characteristics, Ofqual has said. An in-depth technical analysis from the exams

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Several measures will need to be applied to exam results in 2021 to maintain fairness Ofqual has admitted, as using comparable outcomes is part of any potential solution. New research from

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Reducing exams to just core subjects is one option being considered by Ofqual for 2021, Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman has said. Centre assessed grades would be used in non-core sub

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Pupils should be compensated where possible to address the negative impact that the coronavirus has had on their education, Ofqual’s chief regulator has said. Dame Glenys Stacey has written

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Pupils resitting exams this autumn will be given similarly generous grade boundaries to those awarded in the summer, Ofqual has confirmed. The exams regulator said the boundaries will be lo

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Pupils could be given additional options in exams next year in a bid to make them as fair as possible, according to Ofqual’s interim chief. The exam regulator’s interim chief regulator, Dam

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A degree of grade inflation will be required for next year’s exams, with education unions suggesting it would be “unconscionable” to limit results based on 2019. Currently, no decision has

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Thousands of pupils intend to sit exams this autumn to better the grades they were awarded this summer, exams regulator Ofqual has revealed. More than 20,000 entries for the A Level ‘resits