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Qualifications reform risks more exams, 'unregulated' A-levels and students unprepared for higher study, says exams regulator
A 16-year-old boy has been cautioned in connection with an exam board cyber attack
Analysis comes as Covid impact and potential Labour changes may spell end to measure in its current form
But some heads have warned the sector could creep back to GCSE pass grades being the accountability 'king'
The Department for Education had explored alternative options, but concluded there is 'no replacement' for progress 8 measure
Ministers accused of 'putting the cart before the horse' with 16-19 reform plans
Government criticised for committing 'platoon of civil servants' to policy unlikely to come to fruition
Ofqual chief Sir Ian Bauckham said regulator will undertake 'rigorous' checks on exam board plans to move tests on-screen
But England's largest exam board has delayed plans to introduce on-screen exams
