Joint response to Ofqual consultation on the Assessment of Practical Work in GCSE Science

By Nuffield Foundation

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Together with the Gatsby Charitable Foundation and the Wellcome Trust we urge Ofqual to reconsider its plans to remove direct assessment of practical skills from GCSE science.

We improve people’s lives by funding research that informs social policy, primarily in Education, Welfare and Justice. We also fund student programmes that give young people skills and confidence in science and research.

We offer our grant-holders the freedom to frame questions and enable new thinking. Our research must stand up to rigorous academic scrutiny, but we understand that to be successful in effecting change, it also needs to be relevant to people’s experience.

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