Government to pilot digital exam results
More than 95,000 young people in Greater Manchester and the West Midlands will receive their GCSE results via the app this summer, ahead of a future national roll out
The government has launched a digital exam results pilot to help schools and colleges to save up to £30m a year and cut back bureaucracy.
This pilot means that exam certificates will go digital for thousands of students this summer as part of a modernised ‘education record’.
Digital records, which will be easily accessible in one Education Record app, will do away with the need to manually pass on paper files when young people leave school and can be used when applying for further education, apprenticeships or employment.
More than 95,000 young people in Greater Manchester and the West Midlands will receive their GCSE results via the app this summer, ahead of a future national roll out.
The government estimates that the move could save schools and colleges up to £30m per year once the full roll-out is complete, which is enough money to pay the salaries of over 600 new teachers in further education.
In addition, the Education Record app is part of a wider government drive to overhaul how the public sector uses technology.
Education minister, Stephen Morgan, said: “It is high time exam records were brought into the 21st Century, and this pilot will allow schools and colleges to focus on what they do best: teaching the next generation rather than being bogged down in bureaucracy.
“This government is slashing red tape through our Plan for Change to drive growth, cut admin for teachers and give tens of thousands of young people more opportunities to get on in skilled careers.”
He added: “Earlier this week, Minister Morgan visited the Hathershaw College school in Oldham, which has been trialling the Education Record app since spring 2024. Following the success of this localised trial, the DfE is scaling up the roll out.”