Coursework will not count towards final GCSE computer science grades over the next two years, England's exams regulator has confirmed. The move comes amid concerns about widespread cheating in the ...

An exam board has said GCSE students have 'too many exams' and has called for more coursework instead. OCR said the big focus on testing leads to a 'narrow range of learning' because schools are ...

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 ...

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 ...

The BBC's education correspondent Mike Baker wrote about whether confidence could be restored in the integrity of school coursework. We invited your responses - here is a selection from the many we ...

Sir: Why not go the whole hog and simply abolish coursework at GCSE? ("Exams watchdog reveals GCSE coursework cheating", 22 November.) This from a former head of English who enthusiastically ...

Hackers have used ransomware to encrypt files at a school, causing it to lose some students' GCSE coursework. The Sir John Colfox Academy in Bridport, Dorset, said a member of staff mistakenly opened ...

Coursework is set to be axed for computer science GCSEs after the exam watchdog uncovered answers to the assessments had been repeatedly leaked online. It is feared that an untold number of students ...

The exams regulator is now running a consultation on what alternatives to put in place Hundreds of pupils in Northern Ireland studying a new computer science GCSE may have their coursework marks ...

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 ...