Measures are being put in place in a bid to persuade thousands more teachers to take on examiner roles.
An estimated 6,800 additional examiners will be needed in the coming years to cope with the impact of the government’s on-going qualification reforms.
The looming problem has been highlighted in a report published on Monday (January 23) by the Working Group on Building Examiner Capacity and Culture.
Currently, around eight million qualifications are awarded to 15 to 19-year-olds in England, Northern Ireland and Wales.
This system operates thanks to around 34,000 examiners who mark and moderate the assessments related to these qualifications. The vast majority of these examiners are practising teachers.
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