SALTEX 2015 is set to build upon its success last year with the announcement of an enhanced, all-encompassing and free to attend education programme called Learning Live.
Prime Minister David Cameron has said he would like to see every school have the opportunity to become an academy, outlining plans to expand the manifesto promise to convert ‘coasting schools’.
Schools Minister Nick Gibb has said that GCSE and A-level qualifications will go through fundamental reform, to bring up standards and place a focus on core subject knowledge.
Ofqual have released the findings from its investigation into the marking issues exam board OCR experienced in summer 2014 that put GCSE and A-level marks at risk of not being delivered on time.
Exam regulator Ofqual has said that there has been an increase in the number of pupils choosing to take ‘traditional’ subjects, such at maths, science and English, at GCSE and A level.
Questions have been raised regarding record exam results in Scotland, as the A-C pass rate for students taking the new exams was higher than those taking the old version.
The Department for Education (DfE) has said it may consider reforms to the exams system after a report from the Telegraph found that over 200 students may have had their grades ‘guesstimated’ due to lost papers.
