Teachers have hit back at claims that they abused the exam system to boost grades, as new figures showed that hundreds of schools saw a drop in pupils achieving at least a C in GCSE English this year.Read
Teachers have hit back after the exams regulator claimed they were guilty of significantly over-marking papers amid pressure to produce good results.Read
Teenagers have been let down by an exams system that is abused by teachers who are under intense pressure to achieve good grades, Ofqual has warned.Read
Would-be teachers will have to complete English essays and answer questions on maths topics including algebra before they can start training, it has been announced.Read
The proportion of teenagers scoring at least five Cs at GCSE including English and maths has fallen for the first time, official figures have shown.Read
Up to 66 unemployed people are chasing every retail job, with vacancies often closed to young candidates within hours of being advertised, according to new research.Read
Hundreds of schools saw a large fall in the numbers of pupils scoring at least a C in GCSE English this year, heads have said, as they warned that the fiasco could be repeated in the future.Read
Headteachers have said they are "hugely disappointed" that Ofqual and two of England's biggest exam boards have refused to take responsibility for the GCSE English fiasco.Read
England's exams regulator has indicated that she may have concerns about the Government's proposed timetable for introducing its new English Baccalaureate.Read
Reforms to GCSEs and A-levels will amount to nothing more than "houses built on sand" if the Government fails to tackle "shocking" failings in the way exams are marked and grades awarded, heads of leading independent schools have warned.Read
The Government's "pupil premium" is making a real difference to children from the poorest families, education minister David Laws will insist as he announces it will rise to £900 per pupil next year.Read
Thousands of the brightest children in England are failing to achieve top grades at GCSE because of a growing trend towards entering pupils early for the examination, according to figures released by the education watchdog.Read
