Breaking news
Ministers are facing calls to scrap A-Level and GCSE exams in England next summer after Wales axed its 2021 tests to help pupils affected by coronavirus lockdowns. Welsh education minister Kirsty Williams said that next summer’s papers would be replaced by coursework and assessments to ensure ‘fairness’ in the system amid ongoing disruption to schools. She said the … Read more
Wales CANCELS all A-Level and GSCE exams in 2021 with pupils getting grades from coursework and assessments instead amid on-going coronavirus class disruption Welsh education minister Kirsty Williams made announcement today Said next summer’s papers would be replaced by coursework and assessments Pandemic made it ‘impossible to guarantee a level playing field for exams’ By … Read more
Union calls for GCSE and A-Level exams to be ‘pared down’ next year because students will still be struggling with the fallout from missed lessons from the height of the pandemic ASCL leader Geoff Barton said proposed three-week delay was not long enough Suggested exams be ‘pared down’, removing subjects there was no time to … Read more
Boris Johnson will use a speech to promise guaranteed opportunities for life-long learning as he looks to help create a jobs recovery after the pandemic. Chancellor Rishi Sunak last week, when unveiling his plan to support jobs after the furlough scheme is wound down next month, admitted not every job can be saved following the … Read more
A-Level student becomes one of youngest people in UK ever to die from bowel cancer aged just 18 – as her mother reveals heartbreaking moment her ‘world fell apart’ when diagnosis was terminal Charlotte Simpson, 18, from Hampshire was told she had weeks to live in April The A-Level student hoped to study primary school … Read more
A-level and GCSE students may have to sit exams in public buildings next summer says Gavin WIlliamson A set of exam papers may be introduced for pupils unable to sit exam on day Government considering pushing back exams to give pupils time to catch-up New measures needed to avert fiasco around grading GCSE and A-level students … Read more
1,500 A-level students are still without university places – even though they finally have the required grades Up to 1,500 A-level pupils are without university places despite achieving grades A-levels fiasco saw around 15,000 turned down by institutions on results day later met their place offers UCAS figures show 10 per cent of affected pupils are … Read more
Gavin Williamson says GCSE and A-level exams could be delayed next year to give pupils more time to study after Covid layoff Education Secretary said exam regulator Ofqual was considering ‘short delay’ Exam season normally begins in May but could be pushed back to June or July Comes after Mr Williamson U-turned over grades given … Read more
The chief executive of exam regulator Ofqual quit today, days after a furious row over A-Level and GCSE grades in England. Sally Collier resigned as chief regulator after four years in the role and will be replaced temporarily by her predecessor Dame Glenys Stacey. Ms Collier, a career civil servant, had come in for criticism over … Read more
Gavin Williamson has hit back at claims he was on holiday as the A-Level results fiasco unfolded in the UK, saying he was only in Scarborough to visit his relatives. The under-fire Education Secretary added that he has also cancelled his family’s holiday to remain in the country and deal with problems caused by algorithms downgrading … Read more