Secondary school leaders have predicted three years of “turmoil” because of delays to key decisions in the government’s examination reforms.
The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) has published a list of seven areas in which it says poor planning is causing problems.
The list, which is published below, raises issues with the implementation of new performance measures, the grading and awarding for new-look GCSEs, and SEN reforms, among other areas. It includes decisions or announcements which have yet to be made by either the Department for Education (DfE) or exams watchdog Ofqual.
At the same time, ASCL has also said that large parts of the new national curriculum lack rigour and will not be fit-for-purpose.
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