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Gcse coursework rules are set to be tightened to stop pupils cheating and also getting extra assistance from their parents and the internet. Gcse coursework rules are set to be tightened to stop ...

An overhaul of GCSE coursework has been damaging to modern foreign language classes, according to a report by the exams regulator. It reveals teachers' concerns that the move to axe traditional ...

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GCSE students will face tighter controls on coursework and harder exam questions to stop widespread cheating, watchdogs said yesterday. Instead of writing up coursework at home, pupils will complete ...

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GCSE and A-level students will be able to sit special exams if they don't like the grade they received for their coursework. The decision by Ofqual, a government body that oversees educational ...

When her school posted a photograph of her GCSE art coursework on Twitter, Makenzy Beard had absolutely no clue it would transform her lockdown pastime into a career worth hundreds of thousands of ...

Schoolchildren are to be banned from taking coursework home in a radical bid to crack down on cribbing from the Internet and coaching by pushy parents. Education Secretary Alan Johnson said GCSE maths ...