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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 20-year trend of girls beating boys in exams could soon be reversed after a move to drop coursework in maths GCSEs allowed boys to leapfrog their female classmates' results in just one year.

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 ...

Coursework for GCSE mathematics is to be axed in England, the Education Secretary, Alan Johnson, has announced. All other GCSE coursework would have to be supervised, Mr Johnson told the Labour party ...