GCSE and A-Level exams could be set for major shake-up

GCSEs in smaller-entry subjects – and most A-level exams – could be moved onto screens by the end of the decade ...

Several GCSE and A-level exams could be taken on screen from 2030

Exams regulator Ofqual is consulting on allowing exam boards to each submit proposals for two qualifications with onscreen elements.
The Independent

Government’s potential AI qualification ‘may face teacher shortage challenges’

Getting enough teachers for a potential new qualification in AI may be a challenge, experts have warned, after the Government unveiled its planned reforms to the school curriculum. As part of its ...
Computer Weekly

More girls take GCSE computing in 2018, but will they carry on with Stem?

The number of young people who chose to take the computing GCSE in 2018 rose year-on-year, and the number of girls taking the subject is steadily going up. Overall in 2018, 74,621 students took the ...

All we know as these GCSE and A level exams set for major change

The exams regulator has launched a consultation on the proposal, which would see some GCSE exams move to screens ...
Computer Weekly

Why am I the only girl in my A-Level computer science class?

A place for women in IT - opinion and debate on how to bring more women into the technology sector. GUEST BLOG: Bella Grimsey, a student in her second year of computer science A-Level, explains the ...