Secondary
Wednesday
4th Sep 2024
Exams to be removed from some practical subjects in next school year
Scottish programme for government states that the exams will no longer feature in 2025-26, as part of national qualifications reform
SQA: PE update will open up subject to disabled students
As of this school year, Scottish students will be able to be assessed in Paralympic sports such as boccia and goalball in order to gain national qualifications in PE
SQA exams start date delayed after heads raise concerns
Some students would have started exams the day after returning from the Easter break under the Scottish Qualifications Authority’s original plans
School admissions policies ‘fuel attainment gap’
Urgent national action is needed to ensure that school intakes of disadvantaged pupils reflect their local communities, warns charity
English GCSE needs urgent overhaul, exam board warns
Former education secretary tells Tes he is ‘shocked’ by teachers’ strong ‘rejection’ of the current GCSE English, as he launches report written for OCR
Thursday
22nd Aug 2024
IB unveils new exam rules to tackle time zone cheating
It has designed measures to stop time zone differences from being exploited to share exam content and will be introduced for the November exams
Ofqual chief: GCSE students’ anxiety ‘not exam-specific issue’
Chief regulator Sir Ian Bauckham also says we must ‘absolutely focus’ on tackling regional attainment gaps revealed in today’s GCSE results
GCSE results 2024: how did each subject perform?
Grade levels have remained broadly similar to 2023, with slight increases in some subject areas