Changes to exams attract a lot of media attention. Quite understandably, when there are issues around grade boundaries, increases/decreases in GCSE or AS/A level results, impact upon performance tables, and changes to internal assessments, there is considerable interest among the wider public not to mention senior leadership teams and teachers.
However, do headteachers, senior leaders and heads of departments keep abreast of changes in how exams are conducted? Are well run exams not one of the most significant aspects of any school or college?
The government may be constantly striving to place our education system at the top of any “world league table” it can locate, but does it realise that it resides over probably one of the most structured exams systems on the planet?
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