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20 April 2026

Author: Samantha Booth

Ofqual reminds pupils they don’t need legal advice to appeal exam grades

Exams regulator Ofqual has reminded pupils and parents they don’t need legal advice to appeal against exam grades, following criticism of law firms offering their services. Students unhappy with their results this week will first have the opportunity to ask their schools to check for administration errors, before asking them to escalate it to exam […]

A-level results 2021: Less than 1% of teacher grades changed

Less than 1 per cent of A-level teacher grades were changed after quality assurance checks by exam boards. Student work from 1,101 centres in England – around one in five schools and colleges – had their evidence scrutinised during external quality assurance this summer by exam boards. For 85 per cent of schools and colleges […]

A-level results 2021: Attainment gap widens for black and poorer pupils

Longstanding attainment gaps for both black and poorer students have widened, but Ofqual is unable to untangle whether this is down to Covid lost learning or the use of teacher grades this year. Ofqual has today published student-level equalities analysis of A-level results, which includes data on how likely different groups of pupils are to receive […]

A-level results 2021: The 4 things to watch out for this week

It’s a week like no other – two sets of exam results in just three days after months of hard work by school staff to reach this point. Tens of thousands of students are due to find out their teacher-assessed A-level grades tomorrow, after exams were cancelled for a second year. But is it going […]

Teachers have ‘earned country’s trust and admiration’, says Williamson

Education secretary Gavin Williamson has said teachers’ “hard work” in producing grades for their students this year has “earned the trust and admiration of the whole country”. In a letter thanking teachers ahead of A-level results day tomorrow, Williamson said teachers have given students “their passports to the future”. It follows Dr Mary Bousted, National […]

GCSE and A-level appeals 2021: Your questions answered

Students wanting to appeal their grades this summer will face a different process than usual, with warnings any reviews will have a “very high” threshold to meet for results to be overturned. There will also be an autumn exam series for students who want to sit a formal test in their subject, if they are […]

Delayed 2020 grading fiasco data finally to be released by Ofqual

Researchers will finally be able to apply to access Ofqual data from the 2020 grading fiasco – 12 months on from results days. The regulator has announced today that accredited researchers can apply from August 16 to access the GRADE (grading and admissions data for England) dataset through the Office for National Statistics. However, it […]

Ofqual confirms vocational and technical qualification exam arrangements for 2021-22

Exams regulator Ofqual has confirmed teacher-assessed grades are to end and exams will return next year for vocational and technical qualifications. But awarding bodies will be allowed to adapt assessments in 2021-22 for qualifications like functional skills and T Levels, in light of how Covid-19 has affected students’ learning, the regulator has said. What adaptations […]

Exam results 2021: What you need to know about Ofqual appeals

Exams regulator Ofqual has published full details of how students can access its Exam Procedures Review Service this year. The review forms the final stage in the process of appealing grades. The first stage is a school review to check if any administrative errors have been made. A student can then appeal to the exam […]