Tag Archives: GCSE
GCSE English students lose court battle
Hopes that tens of thousands of GCSE English students might have their grades raised have been dashed after the high court ruled that measures exam authorities took last summer to combat grade inflation were lawful. Lord Justice Elias and Mrs … Continue reading
Shake-up of A-levels confirmed by Gove
Pupils are expected to begin the new A-level courses from autumn 2015. AS-levels will remain, but as a standalone exam, and leading universities will play a bigger role in maintaining standards. Labour accused the education secretary of turning the clock … Continue reading
Pupils ‘entered for GCSE English twice’
Hundreds of state schools are entering pupils for two English GCSE-level qualifications at the same time in a bid to boost their grades, a report says. The Times Educational Supplement (TES) says pupils are being entered for both GCSE and … Continue reading
Schools being ‘forced to axe religious education lessons’
Religious education is being “killed off” in schools because of Government reforms to the curriculum and qualifications, according to research. Figures show that a third of secondary schools now flout the law by refusing to allow pupils to study the … Continue reading
Nick Clegg says GCSE regrade in Wales ‘wrong’
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has criticised the Welsh education minister’s decision to order a regrading of some GCSE English papers in Wales. Mr Clegg told BBC Wales that Leighton Andrews appeared to be “shifting goalposts” for children in Wales. … Continue reading
Mass legal action threatened over GCSE English results
Pupils hit by changes in grade boundaries join schools and local authorities in bid to force exam boards to regrade June papers. Scores of pupils have joined schools and councils in threatening legal action in an attempt to force exam … Continue reading
Education Minister orders GCSE re-grade
Education Minister Leighton Andrew has ordered English Language GCSEs sat by Welsh students to be re-graded by exam board the WJEC. It follows concerns that the results were unfair because of a change in grading boundaries introduced mid-way through the … Continue reading
Education: Regulator begins GCSE grades investigation
The exams regulator will begin its investigation into GCSE gradings this week following claims that thousands of students have been treated unfairly. Ofqual admitted there were “questions about how grade boundaries were set in a very small number of units … Continue reading
GCSE results: furious backlash as pass rate slumps
GCSE results fell for the first time in the exam’s 24-year history on Thursday, prompting a furious backlash from teachers, who claimed that grades had been deliberately suppressed. Up to 10,000 pupils are believed to have missed out on C … Continue reading
Education: ‘Morally wrong’ to blast GCSE exams as too easy says school leader
It is “morally wrong” to undermine teenagers’ GCSE efforts with talk that the exams are too easy, a school leader said today. Pupils are working extremely hard and should not be told that their achievements are not enough, according to … Continue reading
