Deferrals and grade inflation in 2021 means fewer offers and tighter criteria for this year’s sixth-formers Sixth-formers applying to university this year may face the toughest competition for a decade, particularly for courses such as medicine, with …
GCSE and A-level pupils to be awarded fewer top grades in 2022, says Ofqual
Grade boundaries to be set midway between pre-pandemic levels in 2019 and 2021’s record resultsPupils sitting GCSEs and A-levels next summer will receive fewer top grades than this year’s cohort, but will be given advance notice of some exam topics to …
Call for results review at London school amid downgrading claim
Teachers at Ravensbourne school claim senior staff asked them to downgrade students’ marks this yearTeachers and parents at a London secondary school have called for hundreds of GCSE and A-level results to be reassessed independently amid claims senior…
Elite UK universities send students out of town as housing squeeze bites
The record numbers who were awarded top A-level grades could find themselves living far from their chosen collegeTop universities are scrambling to find enough accommodation for thousands of extra students, after record numbers netted the high grades t…
Digested week: could anti-vaxx protesters be any dimmer?
An anti-media demo outside a block of flats in west London the BBC left eight years ago tells you how clued up these protesters areAnti-vaxxers gathered outside the BBC today to protest against – well, the clue’s in the name, but specifically this time…
Record grade inflation isn’t the only thing that’s different about this year’s exams | Gill Wyness
The unprecedented A-level and GCSE scores raise challenging questions about how to measure future student cohortsThis week’s GCSE and A-level results confirmed the expectations of many who study education policy: the proportion of students achieving to…
School results in Scotland dip slightly after year of disruption
Pupils achieve record A grades but attainment gap between the most deprived and affluent students widensA-level results day – live news and reactionScottish pupils have achieved record A grades alongside a slight fall in the overall pass rate, but the …
Medical schools in England offering new students £10,000 to study elsewhere
Some schools offer compensation after hundreds more students than expected met grade expectationsStudents with places at oversubscribed medical schools in England are being asked to move to a course at a university elsewhere in the country in exchange …
Nearly 45% of A-level entries across UK awarded top grades
Schools celebrate record-breaking return for students in year disrupted by pandemicA-level results day – live news and reactionNearly 45% of A-level entries across the UK have been awarded top grades in A-level results, a record-breaking return for stu…
Record A-level scores will mean fewer places in university clearing
Competition for places is expected to be fierce as teacher-assessed grades in the pandemic look likely to result in grade inflationRecord numbers of A-level students are expected to achieve their required grades and take up the offer from their top-cho…