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Every A-level results day is a major event in the life of the young people who have been anxiously awaiting their grades. However, the circumstances leading up to this year’s A levels results day are entirely unprecedented, and anxiety levels…
By David Robinson
Responding to the government's recent changes to the grading system this year, ahead of A level results tomorrow, David Laws, Executive Chairman of the Education Policy Institute (EPI), commented: “While the suspension of national exams this year has made it challenging to…
By Education Policy Institute
A new report from the Education Policy Institute, commissioned by the British Council, highlights the methods of schools that are trying to close the gender gap in language learning by tackling boys’ underperformance. The research considers the latest trends in…
By Education Policy Institute
With GCSEs this week bringing results season to a close, EPI’s Jon Andrews reflects on a system that is much reformed, but still facing big challenges. It is now two years since 16-year-olds in England first sat reformed GCSEs in…
By Jon Andrews
Today, over half a million students received their GCSE results. This analysis examines the wider policy context, and this year’s patterns in subjects and grades. Policy background Today’s examination results are the latest stage in the roll-out of new GCSEs.…
By Education Policy Institute
How have A level subjects evolved over the last two decades? This interactive chart illustrates the gender gap between males and females in A level subject entries and attainment for each year between 1996 and 2018. It is based on…
By Jon Andrews
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This week, students throughout the country received their A level grades and began the process of figuring out the implications for further study or entering the labour market. This analysis explores the policy background, before examining what we can see…
By Education Policy Institute
The Education Policy Institute held a round-table on exam grade accuracy and its implications, on Thursday 25th January 2018. The event was supported by the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) and by the Headmasters' and Headmistresses’ Conference (HMC)…
By Education Policy Institute
Last week we published an estimate of the effects of potential changes to fees and student loans’ conditions for graduates, public spending and universities. It was based on The Times’ speculation on the Chancellor’s plans for higher education funding. Our…
By Education Policy Institute
The Department for Education (DfE) has followed up their release of headline results in July with a provisional analysis of 2016’s key stage 2 assessments, with more information on the distribution of scaled scores, geographic variation and gender gaps. The…
By Education Policy Institute
Today saw 670,000 16 year olds across the UK receive their GCSE results. In the final year before some of the new GCSEs and grading structures have an impact on exam results, we take a closer look at what today’s…
By Jo Hutchinson
Today, young people across the country received their A-Level results. We have done some initial analysis of what those results tell us about the trends in entry rates, grades, offers to Higher Education Institutions and the demographics of students. Policy…
By Jon Andrews
