Assessment

High-tech devices such as smart watches pose a challenge that must not be underestimated, warns Ofqual chief regulator Sir Ian Bauckham

A research project drawing on insights from ISP schools around the world proves the value of embedding key life skills into the curriculum, says the group’s Camilla Woodhouse

The national curriculum and exam-based assessment approaches are big factors in many students being ‘effectively set up to fail’, finds government-commissioned review

FFT Education Datalab analysis also finds that students from poorer backgrounds are less drawn to languages A levels, and identifies large gaps in entries between different ethnic groups

Jenny Oldroyd, director for curriculum at the Department for Education, will move posts next month, prompting one union to describe a series of recent departures as ‘not ideal’

Extra time is the most popular access arrangement to help students sitting their GCSE, AS-level and A-level exams, but is it the most helpful? Ellen Peirson-Hagger weighs up the evidence and whether there are better options

In an exclusive interview with Tes, Eduqas CEO Ian Morgan talks about the risks of moving to on-screen assessment, the use of AI to mark exams and the debate over how long exams should be

Findings come shortly before the statutory multiplication tables check opens for schools’ Year 4 pupils

International Baccalaureate chief Olli-Pekka Heinonen talks to Tes about plans for the new Systems Transformation Pathway that he says will provide something ‘many education systems are lacking’

The principal of Launceston College says he believes more structured support for A-level students has been key to a huge boost in his school’s outcomes

Shadow education secretary raises concerns over confidence in exams system and impact on results, as she calls for regulator to do more following upheld maths complaint

We round up the key takeaways from another packed annual conference that brought together international school leaders from around the world