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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the reduction in the number of exams on school standards.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 11 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 12 Jan 2026 · 62 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the reduction in the number of exams on school standards.
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Jan 2026
Answer published
The independent Curriculum and Assessment Review acknowledged that young people in England sit more hours of exams than their peers in many other countries. As GCSEs are reformed, the department will work closely with Ofqual and exam boards to reduce exam...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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