Scottish exam chaos as almost 25% of pupils’ results marked DOWN after teachers gave highest ever

Exam bosses responsible for accrediting qualifications in Scotland have marked down 124,564 pupils – after ‘optimistic’ teachers tried to give them the highest results in history for their coronavirus-cancelled tests. The Scottish Qualifications Authority downgraded the students’ marks for the exams that were not sat, changing a massive 93.1 per cent of all the moderated … Read more

Regular exercise can help boost pupils’ exam grades and develop cognitive skills, research says 

Regular exercise can help boost pupils’ exam grades and develop cognitive skills, research says Scientists found regular exercise helps children to develop their brain skills ‘Executive function’ was assessed before and after several months of exercise Those who had poor cognitive skills to begin with benefited most from exercise By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 23:09 … Read more

Exam board withdraws textbook featuring cartoon of black tribe cooking a white missionary

Exam board apologises and withdraws GCSE psychology textbook featuring cartoon of black tribe cooking a white missionary in a pot The picture in the AQA textbook shows two white missionaries, captured by a group of black men said to be cannibals, cooking one of the missionaries The wider context in the psychology text book was … Read more

Fears exam boards will slash GCSE and A Level grades after teachers mark them over-generously

Exam results could be slashed amid forecasts suggesting teachers have marked pupils affected by the coronavirus pandemic too generously this year, while other pupils to be impacted by the virus will benefit from a £1billion support package. As some pupils face longer school days and new social distancing measures, data published by FFT Datalab suggests … Read more