14 August 2020
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13 August 2020
13 August 2020
13 August 2020
A levels 2020: Grades 'utterly unfair and unfathomable'
Ofqual's standardisation model has had a 'devastating' impact on students' grades, heads report
13 Aug 2020
Podcasts
Life after lockdown for school leaders
Tes - The education podcastResults day: BTEC students may be waiting for results
Pearson says some students could be kept waiting for their results because of centres submitting data after deadline
13 Aug 2020
WATCH: Williamson challenged by angry head on live TV
Head tells education secretary to abandon moderated A-level grades because students 'have been through enough'
13 Aug 2020
SQA results: John Swinney survives no-confidence vote
John Swinney was accused of 'a long line of failures' in education, but the Scottish Labour motion was defeated
13 Aug 2020
CAT4 data: A quick guide to everything you need to know
New to middle leadership in an international context? Understanding CAT4 data could be critical for your new role
13 Aug 2020
A-levels 2020: 'I felt I had been robbed'
Student Ollie Wells has been struck by the lack of regard for personal and academic circumstances in how A-level grades have been awarded this year
13 Aug 2020
'I have never seen such a car-crash set of results'
The reaction of headteachers shows that this is a line-in-the-sand moment for our education system, writes Geoff Barton
13 Aug 2020
WATCH: ‘Keep teacher’s A-level grades – they knew best'
Angry heads call for moderation process on A-level grades to be undone and for all students to receive teacher-assessed grades
13 Aug 2020
SQA results: The 'exams debacle' without exams
The SQA fiasco 20 years ago proved that essential change does not necessarily happen when exam systems fail, says Gary Walsh
13 Aug 2020
A-level results: Colleges call for a review
The standardisation process used this year may have been biased against larger centres, says the Association of Colleges
13 Aug 2020
A levels 2020: 'No bias' in grading, Ofqual says
But higher percentage of disadvantaged pupils were knocked out of A*-C bracket when teacher grades were moderated, regulator reveals
13 Aug 2020
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Revealed: A levels with teacher grades odds-on to stay
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Mock A-level and GCSE grades to equal official results
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England 'will not follow' Scotland's exam grades U-turn
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WATCH: How to support mental health on results day
This A-level results day is even more emotional than normal – Dr Tara Porter offers advice for supporting mental health
13 Aug 2020
Why politicians’ mistake was seeking a perfect solution
All exam and assessment systems are flawed, says Paul Whiteman - but this year's A-level results could still pass the confidence test
13 Aug 2020
BTEC results: Future key workers can take next steps
Many getting BTEC results today will be going into areas of high demand and political importance, says Cindy Rampersaud
13 Aug 2020
Scottish primary shut after coronavirus case
Pupils had yet to return to the school in Aberdeenshire, which was closed yesterday due to the bad weather
13 Aug 2020
Why it's OK to teach children's books at key stage 3
Save adult fiction for older students, says this English teacher – there's a wealth of amazing children's books
13 Aug 2020
A levels: Private schools get far larger A/A* rise
Independent school A-level entries with A/A* goes up 4.7 percentage points compared to 1.2pp for grammars and 2pp for comprehensives
13 Aug 2020
From our partners
Results day: Students on VTQs 'not disadvantaged'
Ofqual says grade distributions for vocational and technical qualifications are 'similar' to those of previous years
13 Aug 2020
How the SQA defended the results fiasco
For two hours yesterday the SQA chief executive was grilled by MSPs – here is what she had to say on the key questions
13 Aug 2020
A-level results: 'I've lost confidence in government'
A teacher in Africa whose school follows the English curriculum explains the fallout from last-minute exam grade changes
13 Aug 2020
A levels 2020: Teachers praised for grading accuracy
96.4% of grades awarded today were the same or within one grade of those submitted by teachers
13 Aug 2020
'Serious doubt over independence of SQA exams system'
The government suddenly changed rules around SQA qualifications and damaged the system's integrity, says Bruce Robertson
13 Aug 2020
A levels 2020: Science entries in decline
But girls cement the majority in science entries they achieved for the first time last year, with another rise in their share
13 Aug 2020
A levels 2020: Maths and English show signs of recovery
Both English and maths start to bounce back from slump in entries in 2019
13 Aug 2020
A levels 2020: 39% of teachers' grades moderated down
Proportion of A* and A grades would have been 10 percentage points higher without moderation, stats reveal
13 Aug 2020
A levels 2020: Languages see big leap in top grades
Spanish cements its status as the most popular MFL A level while French and German continue to decline
13 Aug 2020
A levels 2020: Record 9% of entries get top A* grades
Share of entries achieving an A or A* grade is also the highest ever
13 Aug 2020
