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New GCSE science exams in Wales criticised by leading organisations

The Royal Society of Chemistry and Institute of Physics criticised the Welsh Government's plans to change GCSE science qualifications

Wales Online · Jun 28, 2023

Wales reveals full details of controversial new GCSEs

The new GCSEs will be taught from 2025 and sat first in summer 2027

Wales Online · Jun 28, 2023

The dates GCSE and A-level exam results will be announced in Wales

Exams will be graded higher in Wales than in England

Wales Online · May 17, 2023

Top A level grades fall in Wales as overall results dip slightly after first pupils sit exams post-pandemic

Overall results are lower than last year but higher than the last time papers were sat in 2019

Wales Online · Aug 18, 2022

Exam boss warns university entries are 'highly competitive' this year and asks young people to consider other options

Qualifications Wales chairman David Jones said 2022 is a "highly competitive year" for university applications and students should know it's "not the only option".

Wales Online · Aug 11, 2022

Exam results will be lower this summer in most schools and colleges says qualifications chief

But assessed grade methods used when exams were cancelled disadvantaged some learners, says Qualifications Wales

Wales Online · Jul 21, 2022

Exam board says grades 'will be more generous' amid A level paper complaints

The WJEC also explained how students will get marks after an error in an A level paper and why maths exams looked different

Wales Online · Jun 10, 2022

Exam board apologises after mistake in A-level paper leaves candidates without questions about set texts

Four pages were missing from the English language A-level paper. The error follows complaints about maths AS and A-level papers and music AS-level

Wales Online · Jun 8, 2022

Headteachers warn exam system is 'immoral' and fear it will jeopardise children's futures

GCSEs and A levels begin with adaptations in mid-May, but some pupils won't get the grades they deserve, said their teachers

Wales Online · Apr 19, 2022

Head teachers’ worrying warning about this year’s GCSEs and A-level exams

Summer exams will run for the first time in three years

Wales Online · Apr 1, 2022