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GCSE English and the great Welsh regrades
If you took it in Wales you’ll now get a regrade. If you sat it over the border in England, you won’t. It’s hard to see how this situation could ever be regarded as fair – or how it can remain unchanged.
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GCSEs in England are being reformed, with tougher exams replacing coursework and a new grading structure to tackle “rampant grade inflation”.
Education Secretary Michael Gove says enough is enough: the time has come to make GCSEs harder. Why is he taking action now and what is going to change?
After mounting political pressure, Education Secretary Michael Gove tells parliament plans to replace GCSEs with a new English Baccalaureate Certificate will be shelved and existing exams improved.
Teachers under intense pressure to achieve good grades are guilty of “significantly” over-marking pupils’ GCSE coursework in some schools, says the exams regulator Ofqual.
New figures show that 45,000 students will resit their GCSE English exams, but headteachers called the resits a “gross injustice” arguing that the exams should instead be regraded.
Bright pupils across England fail to live up to their early promise because thousands are being entered too early for GCSE exams, reducing their chances of getting top grades, warns Ofsted.
As the government announces plans to replace GCSEs with a tougher, O-level style qualification in England, Channel 4 News looks at the advantages and disadvantages.
The Education Secretary Michael Gove is planning to ditch GCSE exams, almost a quarter of a century after they were introduced, amid criticism over falling standards.
Bordering on the ridiculous? The Education Secretary Michael Gove wades into the GCSE grading row, accusing his Welsh counterpart of political meddling.
If you took it in Wales you’ll now get a regrade. If you sat it over the border in England, you won’t. It’s hard to see how this situation could ever be regarded as fair – or how it can remain unchanged.
Ofqual admits raising concerns with exam boards, after leaked letters show that the exam regulator questioned an exam board’s GCSE English results and ultimately overruled the grades it awarded.
With the row rumbling on over GCSE English results, Channel 4 News sets out to answer a few questions for people who fear they have been unfairly treated.
Ofqual’s review into the GCSE marking mess found that students who took exams in January “got lucky”. But you’re not supposed to “get lucky” in the way potentially life-changing exams are graded.
The exam regulator Ofqual concludes that the marking of GCSE English papers taken in June was done properly, but that January’s papers were “graded generously”.
Ahead of an initial report on the GCSE marking controversy, Channel 4 News puts your questions to the exam watchdog, Ofqual.