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Exam boards bear the brunt of the GCSE marking debacle
Social Affairs Editor Jackie Long blogs on this year’s GCSE marking debacle, and who will get the blame.
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Social Affairs Editor Jackie Long blogs on this year’s GCSE marking debacle, and who will get the blame.
The exam watchdog Ofqual promises to look again at GCSE gradings amid claims that thousands of pupils have been unfairly given a D grade in English instead of a C.
Anger over exam marks as grade boundaries are changed, causing accusations of disadvantaging this year’s students.
Concerned teachers suggest that GCSE English exams were marked too harshly this year after schools reported an unprecedented number of fails among their pupils.
Exam boards advised to limit the number of A grades to guard against accusations that exams are getting easier, but experts tell Channel 4 News the move may disadvantage hard-working pupils.
Following our investigation into an exam board covering up marking errors, Channel 4 News answers your questions about applying for a re-mark, the chances of changing your grade and how much it costs.
Thousands of vocational qualifications will no longer count towards schools’ GCSE performance in league tables. One headteacher tells Channel 4 News why he welcomes the plans.
The half a million or so schoolchildren taking GCSEs next year might be better off if international football tournaments didn’t take place at all – or at least if England had failed to qualify!
As almost a quarter of GCSEs hit an A or A* grade, state schools close the gap with the private sector. One education campaigner tell Channel 4 News: “Politicians need to talk up state schools”
We speak to Sir Ian Bauckham, who is the Chief Regulator of Ofqual, the government department that regulates qualifications in England. We began by asking about the overall picture of today’s results.
Being put into care miles away from home can have a devastating impact on young lives, as one young woman explained to Ayshah Tull.
We spoke to the Conservative Party Chairman Richard Holden and began by asking him to name some degree courses he thought were a rip-off.
British Sign Language is to be offered as a GCSE in England from September 2025. It will be open to all pupils, who will learn around a thousand signs.
‘How To Have Sex’ written and directed by Molly Manning Walker tells the story of three teenage girls who head to a Greek island after their GCSEs.
A level grading is back to normal in England. Although for the covid generation of pupils, education has been far from normal. Most missed more than half a year of school during the pandemic and they didn’t sit exams for GCSEs.