He is passionate about the impact of education and feels that, as a country, we need a renewed focus on technical, applied and vocational training.John started his career in the construction industry and after teaching Karate in his spare time decided on a change. London WC1R 4HQ. You need to be a subscriber to join the conversation. Today, Pearson, which owns Edexcel, told schools and colleges that it had identified the source of the leak. “I’m not sure technology contributed to that,” Richardson says, carefully. Prior to this John had been Vice Principal at the College since 2009; his background in quality improvement has supported the College's drive for excellence which was recognised in 2014 by an Outstanding rating in a full Ofsted inspection. In 2017, last minute changes were made to the exam paper at some schools after it emerged that questions had been disseminated ahead of the exam.Edexcel is not the only exam board that has fallen prey to online leaks.
She is a board member of ETF, was a board member of AoC and AMiE. Sunday August 16th 2020 www.schoolsweek.co.uk © Learning & Skills Events Consultancy and Training Limited. Â Cindy was appointed Senior Vice President of Pearson's BTEC and Apprenticeship business unit in February 2018.She is responsible for Pearson UK'sportfolio of technical, vocational and apprenticeship qualifications delivered by Colleges, Private Training Providers and EmployersCindy moved into the education sector in 2011 when she took up the role of Deputy Principal at City and Islington College.In 2016 she was appointed a Deputy FE Commissioner by the Department for Education working on the Government's Area Based Review of the Further Education sector nationally.Before moving into the education sector Cindy held a number of senior roles in the commercial sector including EMI, Warner Brothers and Virgin.Cindy currently sits on the Board of The Childrenâs Society and Speakers Trust.Derek was appointed Vice President and Senior Responsible Officer of Pearson UK in September 2017.He is accountable for the successful delivery of qualifications both in the UK and internationally. The move follows two consecutive years of Edexcel’s Maths A-level papers being leaked. In a video statement, Derek Richardson, Pearson's responsible officer, said that 78 pupils have had their results withheld while malpractice procedures are carried out. He added that Pearson hopes the police enquiry “will end in a criminal prosecution” for those responsible for the leak.Hayley White, Pearson’s UK assessment director, defended the decision not to discount the two questions that were widely circulated on Twitter.“Through our various levels of analysis we found that student performance on these questions was as expected and it wouldn’t be fair to disadvantage everyone by removing them,” she said.“In the limited instances where we discovered anomalies – for example students scoring particularly well on these questions versus the rest of the paper – we have taken these students out of any further statistical analysis that we used to determine the grade boundaries and we’ve had a closer look at their performance.”This year marked the third year in a row that questions from an Edexcel maths paper have been leaked online before the exam, despite Pearson’s efforts to strengthen its security process including introducing microchips to track when schools receive the papers.This summer, Edexcel also had to replace a further maths A-level paper after it emerged a White also responded to concerns that the Edexcel maths paper 2 was too difficult.She said independent experts had “confirmed that paper 2 was a fair and valid exam” but admitted that “the first two questions were more challenging than we would typically expect initial questions to be”.“Going forward, we will make adjustments to our papers to improve the experience students have when sitting our exams.” Campaign to reassure parents launched by Gavin Williamson, who says ‘all children deserve to be back in school’Private schools will benefit from grading process most, says social mobility charityWe have an opportunity to rethink what a school is – and what we need from its buildings, says architect Harry HoodlessResearch gives us an idea of the kind of grades we might expect – but we live in a time of change, writes this FE leaderMany students would benefit from being assessed through a combination of verbal and written exams, argues Elizabeth Kitto.It will be important for children to check in with their emotional state as they get back to school in September.
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