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 ...

Major reforms to GCSE coursework have harmed children's learning, a study by the qualifications quango has found. In 2009, ministers told schools to no longer allow pupils to do coursework at home.

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 ...

The UK's largest examination board has called for an end to coursework counting towards pupils' GCSE grades in England, labelling it as cumbersome, open to abuse and "disliked by many teachers and ...

Sir: Why not go the whole hog and simply abolish coursework at GCSE? ("Exams watchdog reveals GCSE coursework cheating", 22 November.) This from a former head of English who enthusiastically ...

Parents, pupils and teachers are accused of cheating in GCSE coursework in a study published by the Government's exams watchdog. The potential for plagiarism in qualifications from GCSE to university ...

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 ...

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 ...

The exams watchdog has announced sweeping cuts to GCSE coursework as part of the Government's drive to stamp out cheating in schools. Traditional coursework will be axed in business studies, classical ...

The official qualifications watchdog said it was conducting an urgent review into “controlled assessment” because of major concerns over the way the system is run. It could lead to the assessments – ...