Secondary

With this year’s system of teacher-assessed grades, the DfE has shifted all the blame on to teachers, says David James

With Wales and Scotland lowering the voting age, should England follow suit? One A-level student asks staff and learners

Ofqual says schools shouldn’t focus too heavily on assessment – but testing gives students a chance, says Vicky Bingham

Schools are doing the heavy lifting for GCSE and A level – so it’s galling they face exam board fees, says Geoff Barton

School closures made ‘assessment schedules’ necessary – but these are not exams, argues Maureen McKenna

The decision to hold autumn exams shows no understanding of how teachers teach or students learn, says Adam Riches

Sally Dicketts asks if we should we do away with the standardised testing process of GCSE exams in favour of a more holistic approach that doesn’t place so much strain on young people

Ministers told schools are facing grading challenges that could have been avoided if the department had planned ahead

It’s a moderately interesting exercise that reveals little – why do we worship at the altar of Pisa, asks Geoff Barton

LONG READ: Many are calling for the complete abolition of GCSEs. But the technology already exists to move the exams online, alongside A levels. And, as Catherine Lough reveals, these decades-old qualifications could be a very different proposition on-screen

Teachers are expected to do the job of exam boards and the regulator – it’s a ticking time bomb, says Kevin Stannard