Question follow-through · 13669
GCE A-level: Assessments
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions her Department has had with Ofqual on ensuring that grade boundaries fairly reflect variations in the difficulty of A Level examination papers.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 26 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 30 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jul 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Education and skills
- Swimming: Safety · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
26 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions her Department has had with Ofqual on ensuring that grade boundaries fairly reflect variations in the difficulty of A Level examination papers.
30 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jul 2026
Answer published
Each year, exam boards review a range of evidence when setting ground boundaries, including how students performed and the level of difficulty of the paper. If a paper is found to be more difficult than in previous years, grade boundaries will be set to r...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Swimming: Safety
7 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of access to swimming and water safety education for primary school pupils.
Pre-school Education: Standards
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Ofsted’s early years inspection framework in distinguishing between isolated management failures and serious failings when determining inspection outcomes.