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 north-west England numbers were 92% up on the previous two-year average, figures from 153 councils show. Some parents and councils - including...
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 to make final checks on conduct on teacher-assessed grades before GCSE and A-level results are published in three weeks' time, the schools minister...
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 least. Long delays, process writing, quality processes, Awarding Body Approvals to name but a few. But, our learners have all been amazing throughout! We...
Tutors & Exams is the leading independent private candidate exam centre across the UK. We have unrivalled access to qualifications for all candidates working outside of mainstream education. We have a dedicated team that solely works with candidates with Special Educational Needs and Access Arrangements as well as a...
Tutors & Exams are proud to announce that all five (soon to be six) of our centres are now approved for AAT Examinations! We are currently working hard behind the scenes to work towards the delivery of exams, including staff training and new equipment and the dates and fees...
We know that you've been enjoying our 'six' teasers across our social media channels these past few weeks and it's time to put you out of your misery with the announcement of our 6th UK centre in Taunton! Following opening St Neots, we are extremely excited to be expanding further...
As always at Tutors and Exams, we aim to keep you up to speed with what is going on with exams and after 2020 CAG’s and 2021 TAG’s attention is already turning to Summer 2022. In this article Ofqual chair Ian Bauckham has told Tes, teachers ‘need to know’...
Many of you may have wondered how we decide where to locate our private candidate examination centres. Hopefully this article will shed some light on the process we adopt, what factors we consider and our future plans. Since opening our first examination centre in Coventry in 2014, Tutors & Exams...
We hope you all enjoyed the Bank Holiday. You all enjoyed the last one so let’s hear from The Education Hotel again but this time on SCHOOLS! The start of a new week (technically with the Bank Holiday) so we thought now would be a good time to share another...
Today, 12th March 2021, Tutors & Exams have released their Private Candidate Grading Timeline. This comes ahead of the Department for Education (DfE), Ofqual and Awarding Organisation announcements due for early next week. As you are no doubt aware, the DfE and Ofqual released the outcomes of their consultation on...
