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The Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency is working on the development of new GCSE mathematics qualifications that will engage learners, enable progression and meet the requirements of the revised secondary curri...

 

The GCSE results for 2010 show continued movement into separate sciences, with biology up 28.3 per cent (from 100,905 in 2009 to 129,464), chemistry up 32.2 per cent (from 92,246 in 2009 to 121,988) and physics up 32.1 per c...

 

The data published today (19 August 2010) shows the cumulative percentage of A-level grades A-E has increased by 0.1 per cent from 97.5 to 97.6 per cent. The results also show an increase at Grade A of 0.3 per cent (from 2...

 

ACME has released a position paper entitled 'Post-16 in 2016 : proposals for 16-19 Mathematics in anticipation of the review of qualifications scheduled for 2013 with resulting changes to be implemented from 2016'...

 

On 22 July 2010 Ofqual, together with its regulatory partner in Wales, DCELLS, published a review of the summer 2009 GCSE examination papers in science and additional science www.ofqual.gov.uk....

 

The National STEM Centre in York houses the UK's largest open physical collections of teaching and learning resources for STEM subjects. July 2010 sees the launch of the online resources and it starts with 30 collections fr...

 

Between October and December 2009 there was a discussion on the STEM Advisory Forum on the topic of STEM CPD. To read a summary of the completed discussion click on the link below:...

 

Ofqual found serious causes for concern when monitoring the version of science GCSEs used in 2007 and 2008, and still in use today. These concerns were detailed in a report in March 2009 and include the lack of challenge and...

 

In May 2010 Ofsted published a report on guidance in schools for students studying science. ...