Sentences with phrase «english exam regulator»

Mr Gove told the BBC that English exam regulator Ofqual was worried that there would be exams called GCSEs in Wales which would be structured differently from GCSEs in England.

Ofqual, the English exam regulator has already ruled out regrading papers in England so the WJEC has to think about the effect it will have if they re-grade papers for students in Wales while so many students in England took the exact same paper.

Not exact matches

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.

Many callers said the exams regulator, Ofqual, must have moved the boundaries of English and maths GCSEs, echoing what happened in 2012 when English GCSE results dropped dramatically.

In July, a report from the exams regulator, Ofqual, suggested 17.4 % of grades awarded in English reading tests could be wrong because of inconsistencies in marking and flaws in the test design.

In a letter to Michael Gove and the exams regulator, the NAHT union said it had been inundated with calls about late grade changes in English GCSEs.

The Welsh government is to «carefully consider» a report by England's exams regulator after it refused to order exam boards to regrade English GCSEs.

Mr McKenzie's resignation came as the exam boards and the exam regulator Ofqual were given more time to consider a legal challenge from teaching unions, schools and local authorities asking them to regrade English GCSE papers.

After the letters came to light on Tuesday, Edexcel said: «Where the grade boundaries were positioned for GCSE English was clearly a matter of extensive discussion this year between exam boards and the regulator.

England's exams regulator, Ofqual, has refused to order exam boards to regrade this summer's English GCSE in a row over this year's results.