Headteachers have been left frustrated and exasperated at the government’s decision to axe International GCSEs from the performance tables.
They say the decision should have been taken “months ago” and have labelled the move as “ad hoc” and “extraordinary”.
The Department for Education (DfE) last week said that “it has not been possible to find a way to include” the qualifications alongside reformed GCSEs.
A statement from the DfE said it had been working with the exams watchdog Ofqual to consider how IGCSEs could be reformed to “ensure they are as rigorous as the new GCSEs”.
However, it adds: “Unfortunately it has not been possible to find a way to include them in performance tables that would not undermine the standards of GCSEs.”
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