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Exam regulator Ofqual chief Kathleen Tattersall steps down

02.07.10
Ofqual chairwoman Kathleen Tattersall says it is in "best interests" of Government and schools for her to leave... more

Rise in GCSE and A-level cheats, says Ofqual

03.02.10
Cheating in GCSE and A-level exams increased last year, with teenagers caught almost 4,500 times... more

MPs attack Ed Balls over schools exams watchdog

18.01.10
Schools Secretary faces criticism from a Commons committee for refusing to give members a chance to veto his choice of a new exams watchdog... more

No need to make A-levels tougher, says watchdog

03.09.09
The exams watchdog has dismissed calls to overhaul the A-level grading system amid concern that soaring numbers of teenagers are achieving As... more

Too slow GCSE reforms put this year's results in doubt, says regulator

30.07.09
Half a million teenagers face tainted GCSEs results next month after the exams watchdog warned their courses have been dumbed down... more

Exams chief: don’t drop languages

30.07.09
The chairman of the exams regulator Ofqual, Kathleen Tattersall, has criticised the removal of foreign languages from the compulsory curriculum beyond the age of 14... more

New exams watchdog moves to stop meddling by ministers

23.07.09
Misisters could be stripped of their powers over exam standards amid concern that the Government has undermined school tests.... more

A-level pupils 'need fewer marks to get an A'

30.03.09
Teenagers taking first-year A-level exams this summer will need fewer marks to score top grades than last year under government reforms, a watchdog predicted... more

Ministers ignored warning on 'soft' science GCSEs

27.03.09
Minisers ignored warnings over the quality of the discredited new science GCSEs and introduced the exams before the results of trials were known, the Standard can reveal... more

Excuses, excuses: more pupils use aches (and pets) to boost grades

24.03.09
Record numbers of teenagers are using headaches, hay fever or the death of a pet on exam day to boost their GCSE and A-level results, according to new figures... more

Half a million children are 'given wrong grade' for Sats

18.03.09
Half a million children are given the wrong grades in school tests every year, an official report suggests... more

Exams crisis as 200,000 call for re-marks

18.12.08
Record numbers of schools have sent their Sats papers back to be re-marked amid a dramatic loss of confidence in the exam system... more

Education

08.10.08
The struggle to turn around some failing institutions has seen community leaders and politicians willing to embrace radical new teaching and funding methods. ... more


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