Exams: Try rest breaks before asking for extra time, schools told聽 New JCQ guidance says supervised rest breaks ‘often more effective and appropriate’ than extra exam time
Bauckham concerned over switches from triple to double science GCSE But too early to ‘infer a trend’ as data suggests 10,000 switch from three separate qualifications to double award
GCSE results 2025: Which subjects saw the biggest rises in top grades? 14 out of 15 most popular GCSE subjects saw a rise in top grades
GCSEs 2025: Top grades rise again but Ofqual hails ‘continued stability’ Proportion of GCSEs at grade 7 and above up 1.8 per cent on last year and 5.5 per cent on pre-pandemic 2019
WJEC exam board fined 拢350k after wrong food GCSE results Ofqual to issue WJEC with six-figure penalty after 1,527 food preparation and nutrition GCSE pupils received incorrect results
‘Expand, don’t downgrade’ language hubs, urges report Report on decline of languages finds pupils in poorer areas 20% less likely to study one at GCSE
Schools ‘over a barrel’ as exam fees rise again Cost of exams will increase at a greater rate than school funding in 2026, with some provided by AQA going up by over 8%
Exam boards consider 鈥榓ction鈥� over social media predictions A quarter of teachers say they have heard of pupils buying so-called ‘predicted’ papers