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Ministers consider gradual school reopening after half-term led by A-Level, GCSE and primary pupils

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Children in years that should have sat exams this year could lead the way back to class in a phased reopening of schools after half-term. Under plans being considered, pupils who will be teacher-assessed for A-Levels and GCSEs this year after exams were cancelled could head back first along with years one and six in … Read more

Telling us our exams have been scrapped is the final straw, says A-level student BEATRICE GOVE

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I think I speak for teenagers everywhere when I say we are exhausted. Mentally, physically and emotionally exhausted. What was meant to be our coming-of-age time, the careless period of partying, young love and learning, has been flipped on its head and instead turned into a year of heartbreak, loss and – most of all … Read more

Students say they fear for their futures after A-level and GCSE exams were cancelled

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Students are fearing for their future after A-level and GCSE exams were cancelled due to a surge in Covid cases – as some say marks are now based on ‘teachers’ opinions’. Boris Johnson announced on Monday that summer exams would be cancelled as it was not ‘possible or fair’ for them to go ahead following country-wide school closures. … Read more

Gavin Williamson confirms that TEACHERS will decide students’ GCSE and A-Level grades this year

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Teachers will grade school pupils’ GCSE and A-level grades this summer after exams were scrapped due to Covid-related school closures, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson revealed today. The exams that were due to be sat in May and June this year will be replaced by school-based assessments, he told the Commons in a statement this afternoon.  … Read more

Headteachers call for GCSE and A-Level exams to be scrapped this summer amid school closure chaos 

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Head teachers are calling on the Government to scrap this summer’s GCSE and A-level exams amid outrage over Gavin Williamson’s plans to keep schools open. Most primaries in England are expected to re-open their doors tomorrow, while secondary schools will reopen on a staggered basis later this month with plans to test every student weekly.  Yesterday, … Read more

GCSE and A-level exams will be made easier in 2021

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GCSE and A-level exams will be made easier in 2021 after ‘unprecedented disruption’ to learning caused by coronavirus pandemic GCSEs and A-Levels in 2021 will be given the topics in advance of their exams  Education Secretary Gavin Williams has vowed not to cancel next year’s exams Exams in Wales have been cancelled, while Scotland will … Read more

GCSE and A-level pupils will be told what is on their exam papers in advance

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GCSE and A-level pupils will be told what is on their exam papers in advance and will be ‘marked more generously’, according to plans expected to be unveiled by the Department for Education Students with an asterisk by their grade should be looked on kindly by colleges  Exam boards will tell schools which subject areas … Read more

Calls for GCSE and A-level grades to be set regionally this summer because of differing Covid levels

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There have been more than 1,000 outbreaks of coronavirus in educational settings since schools reopened in September, the Government’s scientific advisers have suggested. An outbreak or cluster is classed by Public Health England (PHE) as two or more positive cases of Covid-19 related to one setting.  A document released by the Scientific Advisory Group for … Read more

Pupils will get degree course offer AFTER they receive their A-level results under new plan

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Is it the end of predicted grades for university? Pupils will get degree course offer AFTER they receive their A-level results under new plan Radical new plans to overhaul the system based on teacher’s predicted grades Pupils will be offered university places only after their A-level results in August  Reform is based on a UUK … Read more