Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 48395
Assessments
Tabled: 28 April 2025
Answered: 6 May 2025
Question
Damian Hinds
Conservative — East Hampshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her Department’s policy that public examinations are handwritten other than (a) for candidates with (i) special educational needs and (ii) disabilities and (b) for practical skills.
Answer
Catherine McKinnellThe majority of GCSE and A level examinations are handwritten in England. The department has been working closely with Ofqual, the independent regulator of qualifications and assessments, to consider the potential benefits and risks of greater use of onsc...
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