I am in the final year doing maths coursework, which has to be supervised. It is awful to try and do it in school. We all write it at home, and copy it up in the supervised time. These supervised coursework sessions will not work, and would not be necessary if it were not for the growing numbers of websites which sell coursework. The problem will be the time it takes to do this, and teaching time for the rest of the specification will be lost. Teachers already struggle to finish it in time to revise some areas, but that may be because of the depth we go into at my school.

Some coursework is necessary as it is a good way to accumulate points, especially if you struggle in exams. For example I have got full marks in my Geography and Economics coursework, thus I am under less pressure in June when I sit the exam papers.

Chloe, Nottingham,

As a fifteen year old student sitting my GCSEs this year, I find the idea of having to do my coursework whilst being supervised rather daunting. I work better on my own without distractions and most of my classmates are the same. I would rather have one longer exam at the end of the course than modules, though I'm not particularly sure why.

Ems, L/Derry,

The proposal is to give children far too many exams - one per module per subject. In addition many will be coursework exams, with internet access and books allowed, which means long examinations, maybe stretching several days.
This will be highly stressful, and largely it will be an unproductive sort of stress, with the focus on presentation and carrying out instructions rather than content. It will also mean than non-examined work gets almost no priority.
Finally the retakes in such a system will be unrealistic. How will already weak pupils cope with taking two modules at a time?

The easiest, fairest way to assess is with an unseen paper and pencil test, with the format of the paper also unseen to prevent coaching. These attempts to use the assessment system to direct the teacher's work should be abandoned.

Malcolm McLean, Bradford, UK