Pupils have launched a petition to have their GCSE English Literature exam papers re-marked after they were left "devastated" by their grades, which t...

Exams regulator Ofqual first identified a major problem at the heart of this summer's English GCSE grading crisis almost three years ago but failed to...

Headteachers have claimed that tens of thousands of teenagers could have been adversely affected by grade boundary changes in GCSE English. Pupils ...

The exams regulator is to look again at GCSE gradings amid claims that thousands of students have been treated unfairly. Ofqual admitted there were...

It is "morally wrong" to undermine teenagers' GCSE efforts with talk that the exams are too easy, a school leader said on Monday. Pupils are workin...

More than one in four A-levels are expected to be awarded at least an A grade this year, but pass rates are set to stall, it was predicted on Sunday. ...

An overhaul of GCSE coursework has been damaging to modern foreign language classes, according to a report by the exams regulator. It reveals teach...

The issue over whether exams are being "dumbed down" seems to resurface every year come exam time. But now there are serious questions over grade i...

MPs have called for reforms to remove "perverse incentives" for students to take dumbed-down exams at school. Exam boards competing to attract busi...

A move to cut A-level re-sits would be a "step in the right direction", a group of leading universities said on Tuesday. Students should be given a...

An A-level exam paper due to be taken next week has been scrapped over concerns of a "security breach", one of the country's main exam boards has conf...

GCSE results may face a major overhaul that could result in a cut in the number of grades available, it was suggested on Friday. In a new report, t...

An exam board apologised for marking errors that could have affected GCSE and A-level grades after a whistleblower was suspended amid claims bosses to...

Examiners have touted a cap on the number of GCSEs pupils can take as the only way to stop the "exam overload" which they say is damaging children's e...

Demand for GCSEs is falling as students continue to choose practical courses in subjects such as food safety and music. For the third year in a row...

England's qualifications watchdog has given its support to Michael Gove's proposal that universities play a larger role in A-level exams. In a lett...

A culture of re-sits, bitesize exams and schools drilling pupils to pass tests is leaving many new students floundering at university, a new report wa...

Education Secretary Michael Gove has called for universities to have a "far greater" role in designing A-levels in the future, amid concerns that the ...

Exams boards were ordered to tighten up GCSEs in four subjects amid fears that it was becoming easier for pupils to pass on Friday. The exams regul...

UPDATE: Michael Gove confirms education reform plans before Commons A mere 70 vocational qualifications will count towards schools' future GCSE per...

Exam boards should be banned from endorsing textbooks and training courses to prevent the "aggressive commercialisation" of education, a leading headm...

Ofqual has confirmed no further exam papers scheduled for January are to be withdrawn as a result of investigations into cheating allegations. The...

A GCSE paper has been withdrawn after examiners shared "inappropriate" information. The information and communications technology paper, due to be ...

Exam chiefs have defended allegations they gave unfair advice on how to boost exam results and made tests easier in order to attract more business. ...

Suspended exam chiefs are to be grilled by MPs over allegations they gave unfair advice to teachers on how to boost GCSE and A-level results and made ...