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A-level results 2022: How students' grades are assessed this year after exams return

Grade boundaries will be more generous than before the Covid-19 pandemic, but marks are not expected to be as high as 2020 or 2021

Chronicle Live · Aug 16, 2022

A-level results day will not be ‘pain-free’, head of Ucas says

Ucas, Ofqual and DfE hope to steady nerves as this year’s university admissions set to be among the most competitive in living memory

The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2022

UCAS issues warning to anyone getting A Level results this week

A-level results day will not be a “pain-free” experience for students

Wales Online · Aug 15, 2022

'Britain's education system is failing disabled children and teenagers'

Charli Clements says many young people look forward to turning 18, leaving home and going to university, but for disabled young people, the process is significantly harder

Daily Mirror · Aug 3, 2022

Exam boards criticised by Ofqual for pupil ‘distress’ over mistakes

Exam boards have had to apologise for multiple errors in this year’s papers.

The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2022

Girls do like hard maths, says children’s commissioner for England

Rachel de Souza says lack of female role models a bigger issue, after social mobility head said girls would ‘rather not’ do hard maths

The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2022

GCSE and A-level students warned over fake exam papers for sale on social media

Exams regulator Ofqual says hoaxers are trying to sell fake papers to children - they are now urging youngsters 'not to be distracted' by them

Chronicle Live · May 19, 2022

Too many first-class degrees awarded in England, regulator says

Minister calls for universities to restore pre-pandemic award levels by next year

The Guardian - UK · May 12, 2022

'Middle-class bias' in GCSE questions facing crackdown

Modern language and maths exams have testing pupils’ knowledge of the theatre or skiing holidays

Wales Online · May 12, 2022

New crackdown on GCSE questions with middle-class bias

Maths papers should not use allusions or complex language which could disadvantage pupils, England’s exams regulator said in new guidance.

The Independent UK · May 12, 2022