Exams: Summer 2022
Last week Ofqual, the exams regulator, detailed its approach to grading exams and assessments next Summer. In summary they are committed to exams taking place next Summer, the first...
Marcus Rashford – Social Media Usage Added to GCSE Curriculum
You may have seen our post on Facebook yesterday from Simple Politics that Marcus Rashford's social media usage will now form part of exam board AQA's commitment to equality, diversity...
A Word on Summer Exams 2021 for Private Candidates
We have finally come to the end of Summer Exams 2021! We can’t say that we’re sad to leave them behind. However, we are super proud to have, once again,...
Record Breaking GCSE Results and Top Grades 2021
GCSE students have received another set of record grades, in the second year of Covid disruption due to exams in England.Top grades (7/As and above) rose to 28.9% from...
A-level results 2021: Top grades reach record high
The BBC reported top grades for A-level results for England, Wales and Northern Ireland have reached a record high - with 44.8% getting A* or A grades.This second year...
Latin to be introduced at 40 secondary schools
Latin is to be taught at schools across England in an effort to counter the subject’s reputation as one that is “elitist” and largely at private schools. Here at Tutors...
Pearson Edexcel newly-accredited GCSE English Language
Introducing Pearson Edexcel newly-accredited GCSE (9–1) English Language 2.0 for first teaching in 2021, available in the Summer 2022 series.After listening to feedback from the English teaching community last year,...
Covid: Home education numbers rise by 75%
The number of children registering for home education in the UK rose by 75% in the first eight months of the current school year, according to BBC research.In...
GCSEs 2021: Final grade checks needed by results day
Amy Gibbons at TES reported that schools minister sets out plans for grading reviews and provisional process for next year's GCSE and A-level exams. Exam boards are still set...
Let’s Talk Summer 2022 Exams after Summer 2021!
Summer 2022 Exams? The Summer 2021 ‘Exams’ are not quite at their conclusion yet. However, we’re getting ever closer. The Summer 2021 Exam season has been somewhat challenging to say the...