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 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 ...

Coursework is set to be removed from final GCSE computer science grades due to concerns about widespread cheating, it has been announced. Tasks due to be completed by teenagers in schools and colleges ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

MIDDLE-CLASS children who have had their parents' help or who have copied off the internet while completing coursework at GCSE, AS and A-level, have caused a re-think in the way examinations are ...

Teenagers will not be allowed to take coursework projects home in many GCSE subjects under plans from the exams watchdog designed to stamp out cheating. The proposals came amid fears that the growth ...