US EditionGCSE cohort receiving results ‘undoubtedly affected by Covid disruption’
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson praised students for remarkable resilience amid pandemic challenges; over 95,000 pupils in Greater Manchester and West Midlands received results via new app pilot.
- On August 21, pupils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland are receiving GCSE and level 2 VTQ grades to help progression, while thousands in Greater Manchester and the West Midlands use The Education Record app pilot.
- A government curriculum and assessment review launched last year addresses concerns as students who moved from primary to secondary during pandemic closures faced disrupted education, and Ofqual restored grading to pre-pandemic standards in 2023.
- Education leaders warned of school attendance issues, cost pressures, rising numbers of students with special educational needs and disabilities , and excessive exam burden averaging 30+ hours per pupil.
- Today's grades will open routes to sixth form, college, apprenticeships or employment, but Bill Watkin warned sixth form admissions will be more competitive this year amid a rising 16-year-old population.
- Campaigners and unions argue the impact on disadvantaged students and regional cohorts exposes inequalities, urging the curriculum and assessment review to modernise exams with modular and non-exam assessments.
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Shropshire Star‘GCSE and A-level exams are outdated’: Here’s why a major teaching union leader is calling for an exam overhaul
Thousands of GCSE students across the West Midlands and Shropshire are receiving their grades this morning (Thursday, August 21) - with many logging on to an app for the first time to discover how they did.
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