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Commons · Question 48395 · Tabled 28 Apr 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 6 May 2025
Question
Asked by Damian Hinds
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her Department’s policy that public examinations are handwritten other than (a) for candidates with (i) special educational needs and (ii) disabilities and (b) for practical skills.
Answer
Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 6 May 2025
The majority of GCSE and A level examinations are handwritten in England. The department has been working closely with Ofqual, the independent regulator of qualifications and assessments, to consider the potential benefits and risks of greater use of onsc...