Earlier this year, we announced our ambition to offer onscreen options for GCSE English exams.
Building on the success of our onscreen GCSE and International GCSE exams to date, we’re excited to be opening up more ways for students to best show what they know and can do in GCSE English Language, GCSE English Literature and GCSE English Language 2.0.
On this page you can find the latest updates relating to onscreen assessment for GCSE English, along with relevant resources and articles.
Our guided tour walks you through the key features of our onscreen assessment. Explore our easy-to-use platform, range of accessibility tools, and how to make notes throughout the exam.
GCSE English will be our first exams in a core subject to go fully onscreen, subject to Ofqual approval. But why GCSE English first?
The answer builds on ongoing research, pilot schemes and conversations we’ve undertaken to better understand how onscreen assessments might work, why and in what way they’re useful for students (and schools and colleges) and importantly, why and when we should implement them.
Two teachers share their stories of how they’re tackling the digital divide in their schools.
The role of new digital learning technologies is not a vision of the future; it is now firmly embedded in education systems from the nursery to the university. The development of digital resources is fast-paced and it can seem overwhelming to navigate the tsunami of sales pitches promising everything from reduced workloads to perfect assessment. However, step back and remember the wise words of educationalist Dylan Wiliam that “everything works somewhere; nothing works everywhere – so we need to ask ourselves, under what conditions does x work?”
Available for in-centre and home use, our onscreen mocks are built to support accessibility and increase flexibility in delivering assessments.
Our onscreen mocks service is the perfect way to provide students with practice and familiarisation of our onscreen exam platform. The papers are marked by Edexcel examiners and the results are automatically uploaded to ResultsPlus providing you with valuable insights and detailed question level analysis.
If you want to learn more about onscreen assessment, you’ll find lots of answers to practical questions here. You can also sign up for news and updates on onscreen assessment for GCSE English.