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Directions from Gavin Williamson MP, Secretary of State for Education, to Sally Collier, Chief Regulator of Ofqual, about awarding results for qualifications being assessed for summer 2020.
Exams will go ahead next summer, underpinned by contingencies for all possible scenarios.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Consultation on the criteria teachers should use when assessing speaking skills in GCSE modern foreign languages.
Ofqual will continue to work closely with exam boards, unions and other stakeholders on contingencies for all possible scenarios.
Statement on this year’s GCSE, AS, A level, extended project and advanced extension award qualification results.
The Ofqual Board has agreed interim leadership arrangements with Ofsted to support the ongoing work on this summer’s GCSE, A level and vocational qualifications.
Letter from the Chair of Ofqual to Prof. Deborah Ashby OBE & Prof. Sharon Witherspoon MBE, Royal Statistical Society.
Ofqual's guide to the 2020 GCSE results in England.
How grades for GCSE, AS, A level, Extended Project Qualification and Advanced Extension Award in maths will be awarded this summer.
Government action to ensure the fairest possible approach in the absence of exams.
Ofqual's guide to the 2020 AS and A level results in England.
A response to recent stories on exam results in Scotland this summer and any impact on results in England.
A statement about the role of centre judgements in this summer’s awarding.
Arrangements confirmed for appeals on AS, A level and GCSE grading in summer 2020.
Ofqual confirms changes to GCSEs, AS and A levels next year, following consultation; and publishes new proposals for adjustments to VTQs.
Information from the Department for Education about the introduction of compulsory relationships education and RSE from September 2020.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Education Secretary confirms £320 million for PE & Sport Premium for the next academic year
Letter from the Secretary of State for Education to Sally Collier, Chief Regulator, Ofqual on policy objectives related to exams and assessments in 2020/21.
Our proposals for assessing general qualifications in 2021 and the direction ahead for vocational and technical qualifications.
Our consultation on draft statutory guidance on exam boards’ arrangements for appeals this summer and decisions on GCSE, AS and A level autumn exams.
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