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The creation of an exam paper: from start to finish
As teachers and students await this year’s GCSE results, Kaye Wiggins travels to an exam-processing plant in Rotherham to find out out about the different stages in the life of an exam paper, from birth to middle age and beyond
19 August 2016
Exclusive: Why exam grades may never rocket again
Ofqual may be about to drop a pupil performance test that could have been used to justify increasing GCSE grades, insiders say
19 August 2016
The amazing process behind an exam paper
As you and your students await GCSE results, have you ever thought about how those exams came into being and why certain decisions in the process have been made? Kaye Wiggins finds that the life of an exam paper is full of surprising – and important – moments for teachers
19 August 2016
Why GCSE exam results may never climb again
New national reference test could be ditched, as experts warn of technical problems
19 August 2016
A-level results: Entries in ‘facilitating subjects’ required by top universities fall
But a record number of university places are awarded – up 3 per cent on last year
18 August 2016
A-level results: Squeezed budgets cutting AS-level choice and language entries, heads warn
A-level language entries have plummeted, today’s figures show, and headteachers’ leaders expect funding cuts to mean further falls
18 August 2016
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