School leavers can’t take any more cuts
GCSE students have worked hard to achieve their results – the government now needs to protect their opportunities
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Improvement in our schools is not helped by Ofsted’s soundbites
For the second time this week the education sector has taken a beating, this time with the Ofsted report on the way that schools support high ability pupils.
Simply making exams harder does not guarantee higher standards
To date school leaders have not been consulted over the development of the new GCSE syllabuses so it is highly premature to design new qualifications before this consultation has been finalised. It is now time for our legitimate voice to be listened to carefully and acted upon.
ANDREWS HINTS AT SEPARATE EXAMS SYSTEM FOR WALES
Wales Education Minister has dropped a heavy hint that Wales could establish its own examination system in the wake of the GCSE marking fiasco. Speaking just days after he ordered the Welsh based exam board, WJEC to remark all Englishtest
Wales orders re-marking of GCSE English papers – will Gove follow suit?
The WJEC exam board will re-grade all GCSE English Language papers taken over the summer following ongoing concerns about how fairly candidates were treated.