Category Archives: IGCSE English
GCSE exams and home schooling
Children who are educated at home are unfairly denied access to examinations, according to a report in today’s Daily Telegraph. This is not really a new story. Some home-schooled candidates have always found it time-consuming and awkward to locate suitable … More…
Cheating the System: how examiners tip off teachers
The Daily Telegraph’s front page story today carries the lurid headline: Cheating the System: how examiners tip off teachers. Parents and students are right to be worried that some teachers and their students are getting a head start. Michael Gove … More…
Consultation on GCSE Reform
The government, via OfQual, has invited all interested parties to make comments on the proposed changes to the GCSE system. I think it is in all of our interests to make our views known, even if those views are completely … More…
Changes to GCSEs in 2014
The government has recently announced that there will be a number of changes to the GCSE system, affecting examinations in 2014 and later years. What is going on? The main change is that it will no longer be possible to … More…
IGCSE Courses
As Richard Garner has revealed in the Independent, more than 200 state secondary schools in the UK have ditched the GCSE in favour of IGCSE a more traditional O-level style examination. Interest in International GCSEs has doubled over the past … More…