News
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News Review 12 February 2019
Ofqual Chair Roger Taylor discusses preparations for this year’s GCSE and A-level exams in an article for TES this week.
12 Feb 2019 9:56am
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Independent Commission into Exam Malpractice – call for evidence
Since its launch in July 2018, Sir John Dunford’s Independent Commission into Exam Malpractice, has considered evidence from a wide range of educational organisations, sector leaders and government bodies.
04 Feb 2019 3:32pm
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News Review 04 Feb 2019
The BBC reports that the House of Lords has approved plans to expand two year degree courses at universities.
04 Feb 2019 3:00pm
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News Review 29 January 2019
Ofqual has confirmed that exam boards will be able to choose how to assess pupils’ programming skills in the computer science GCSE from 2022 onwards, reports Schools Week.
30 Jan 2019 12:08pm
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News Review 21 January 2019
Schools Week reports that civil servants from the Department for Education have been redeployed to help prepare for a no-deal Brexit on grounds that the DfE is seen as a non-priority “no deal” department.
21 Jan 2019 3:33pm
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Ofqual conference on grading vocational and technical assessments
Ofqual held a conference on grading vocational and technical assessments in December.
15 Jan 2019 1:37pm
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News Review 08 January 2019
University leaders have this week written to MPs to highlight their concern at the possibility impact of a no-deal Brexit on universities.
08 Jan 2019 2:48pm
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News Review 17 December 2018
Schools Week reports on the rise in applications by schools for GCSE scores to be removed from performance data.
17 Dec 2018 11:52am
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News Review 12 December 2018
Schools Week reports that data published this week shows that the number of pupils in year 13 or above who sat a GCSE maths or English exam in November 2018, rose by 24,250 from the previous year.
12 Dec 2018 12:05pm
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Ofqual news – December 2018
Ofqual has conducted research into finding improvements to the marking of GCSEs, AS and A levels and has published five new reports which look at various aspects of the marking process.
03 Dec 2018 2:07pm
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Ofqual News November 2018
Ofqual’s Executive Stakeholder’s meeting and Vocational and Technical Group meetings were held recently. Slides from the presentations can be found below.
27 Nov 2018 11:47am
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News Review 19 November 2018
Schools Week reports that an aide to Education Secretary, Damian Hinds, has resigned over the government’s Brexit deal.
19 Nov 2018 3:44pm
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News Review 14 November 2018
FE Week reveal that they have discovered thousands of apprentices without an organisation responsible for checking the quality of delivery of their training.
14 Nov 2018 10:36am
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News Review 06 November 2018
Exams regulator Ofqual is investigating different approaches to the assessment of writing of 10 and 11 year-olds in English-speaking countries or those that use English for assessments.
06 Nov 2018 11:14am
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News Review 22 October 2018
Schools Week reports that the government has published its response to the education select committee’s ‘Forgotten Children’ report in which findings included the disproportionate exclusion of disadvantaged children because of the focus on standards.
24 Oct 2018 9:14am