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Analysis lays bare the importance of getting good grades at school.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
The Chancellor and the Education Secretary set out plans to improve education standards in the north of England.
Ofqual held a webinar on changes to GCSE science practicals on 28 January 2015. Watch the recording.
Figures show more girls than ever before taking maths and physics at A level.
Minister for School Reform informs awarding organisations about qualifications counted in performance tables.
Ofqual has written to exam boards further outlining key points about GCSE maths accreditation.
Correspondence between Ofqual and interested parties giving details of the accreditation of the new maths GCSE and future work.
The review concludes that the summer 2014 exams were generally managed well and problems were rare but improvement is needed.
Ofqual is consulting on proposals to change how GCSE science practicals are assessed.
Decisions have been made on subjects that will be replaced or discontinued from September 2015.
GCSEs will be graded 9 to 1, with 9 being the top grade. New GCSEs in English language, English literature and maths from September 2015.
These changes relate to when candidates can take GCSE (A* to G) exams. Also the grading and reporting of internal assessment.
Record numbers take challenging English Baccalaureate (EBacc) at GCSE.
We've published provisional statistics about GCSEs and A levels. They relate to our ongoing work improving the quality of marking.
Events for citizenship studies, cooking and nutrition, design and technology, and drama and theatre to be taught from the 2016 academic year
Results for 15-year-olds soar after policy change and the overall A* to C rate also increases.
Figures show academies programme helping to boost black pupils' results.
Ofqual confirms assessment arrangements for a number of new GCSE, A level and AS qualifications that will be fairer for students.
An exchange of letters between the Secretary of State for Education and Ofqual about GCSE, AS and A level subjects to reform for 2016.
Teachers, school leaders and education managers must work more closely to improve maths teaching in Knowsley secondary schools, said Ofsted.
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