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How to help your overstressed, disengaged or last-minute cramming teenager through exams

How to help your overstressed, disengaged or last-minute cramming teenager through exams

by The Dadsnet | May 16, 2022 | Age 14-17, Age 18+, Education

If your child seems seriously stressed about exams or is completely disinterested and going into them entirely unprepared, it can feel even tougher as a parent   Teenagers across England and Wales will start sitting GCSE and A-Level exams on May 16, while Highers...
Plans for exams to go ahead as normal, says NI education minister

Plans for exams to go ahead as normal, says NI education minister

by The Dadsnet | Jan 26, 2022 | Age 14-17, Education, The Daily Dad

Northern Ireland’s Education Minister has said she hopes that exams will go ahead as normal later this year. Michelle McIlveen told Assembly members on Tuesday it was her plan that state exams would take place in the coming months and any alternative system would...
Plans for exams to go ahead as normal, says NI education minister

Headteachers call for advanced material on 2022 exams ‘as soon as possible’

by The Dadsnet | Jan 25, 2022 | Education, The Daily Dad

Headteachers have called on the Government to review adaptations to GCSEs and A levels in 2022 in light of the disruption caused by the Omicron variant of Covid-19. And they argue that advance information about the topics covered in papers should be released “as soon...
Plans for exams to go ahead as normal, says NI education minister

Pupils to be given advance notice of exam focus and choice of topics in 2022

by Mickey Deacon | Sep 30, 2021 | Age 14-17, Education

Pupils taking GCSE and A-level exams in England next year will be given advance notice on the focus of exam papers and more lenient grading than before the pandemic to make up for Covid-19 disruption. Students will also be offered exam aids and a choice of topics in...

Starmer says inequality ‘baked in’ after top GCSE grades at private schools rise

by Sam Clancy | Aug 13, 2021 | Age 14-17, The Daily Dad

The proportion of GCSE UK entries awarded the top grades – at least a 7 or an A grade – has surged to a record high (28.9%) this year after results were determined by teachers amid cancelled exams due to the pandemic. Inequality is “baked in” to the exams system, Sir...
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