Insight Labour’s youngest councillor, 18, wins seat a week before her A-level exams Posted onMay 5, 2024 The teenager ousted the sitting Tory councillor as she was elected to Peterborough City Council 9673897
Insight Pupils in England could sit digital GCSE exams from 2026 under proposals Posted onOctober 16, 2023 On-screen assessments are more inclusive and environmentally sustainable, a report by England’s largest exam board suggests. 205730
Insight Voices: Stressed and crying about exams – at primary school. This is not the childhood I want my kids to remember Posted onMay 16, 2023 My little girl was anxious and withdrawn; easily moved to tears. She cried when she couldn’t find her school shoes. It’s no coincidence that it … 495247
Insight A-levels and GCSEs: Covid support in place as exams begin Posted onMay 15, 2023 Exams are getting under way for most students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. 85271169
Insight Teaching union says it hopes future strikes won’t disrupt exams but won’t rule it out – UK politics live Posted onMarch 28, 2023 Latest updates: Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of National Education Union, says union hopes to ‘reopen negotations’ In her interview on the Today programme this … 3970843
Insight Tufts University evacuates and cancels exams after receiving second bomb threat Posted onDecember 15, 2022 The Massachusetts university did not identify any active risk from the threat 4157117
Insight Afghan female student injured in suicide attack passes university entrance exams Posted onNovember 5, 2022 Fatemeh Amiri lost an eye and suffered severe injuries when a bomber struck a tuition centre in Kabul. 871799
Insight Help with exams should remain next year, unions say Posted onAugust 25, 2022 ‘We must turn our attention to next year’s cohort who have also suffered significant disruption,’ union leader says 9209570
Insight GCSE results: Grades set to drop after return to exams Posted onAugust 25, 2022 Results aim to reflect a midway point between the highs of 2021 and the last pre-Covid year, 2019. 400650
Insight Almost a quarter of a million fewer top GCSE grades predicted as exams return Posted onAugust 21, 2022 Last year, the proportion of GCSE entries awarded top grades surged to an all-time high after exams were cancelled in the pandemic. 10751943
Insight Ukrainian student who became British Army translator aces exams Posted onAugust 18, 2022 Zorian Tytych, from Kyiv, got four As in his A-levels while helping Ukrainian refugees and soldiers in the UK. 2508760
Insight School shooter’s brain exams to be subject of court hearing Posted onAugust 14, 2022 The judge in penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz will soon decide whether the jury will be told about some brain exams his … 8860563
Insight Warning poorer pupils will fall further behind now exams are back Posted onAugust 4, 2022 ‘Impacts of the pandemic on education are far from over,’ social mobility charity says 251748
Insight Exams: ‘Infuriating’ mistakes in GCSE and A levels see students wrongly told to ignore topics Posted onJune 21, 2022 ‘The worry and stress this has caused is the last thing these young people need,’ education union leader says 5839786
Insight Driving test backlog sees exams sold for over £200 Posted onMay 31, 2022 Tests are being re-sold on a secondary market as learners face months-long waits for an exam 2147198
Insight Gavin Williamson knighted six months after losing cabinet job following exams fiasco Posted onMarch 3, 2022 Former education secretary Gavin Williamson has been given a knighthood, Downing Street has announced. 9650211
Insight Guidance on GCSE and A-level exams published amid grade concerns Posted onFebruary 7, 2022 Lib Dems say 25,000 GCSE pupils and 66,000 A-level students could miss out on top grades compared with last year Exam boards have published advance … 37891028