Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 57812

Secondary Education and Sixth Form Education: Assessments

Tabled: 5 June 2025
Answered: 12 June 2025
Named Day

Question

Adam Dance

Liberal DemocratYeovil

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of removing spelling, punctuation and grammar marks from non-English (a) secondary and (b) sixth form exams.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
The independent Curriculum and Assessment Review is ongoing and is evaluating the existing national curriculum and statutory assessment system in England to ensure they are fit for purpose. The Review wants to ensure an assessment system that captures the...

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