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Dozens of protestors attended an A-level results demonstration outside Downing Street calling for the immediate sacking of Gavin Williamson. Students and teachers have demanded for the Education Secretary to be sacked at Friday’s protest over A-level and Btec results in England. The event, supported by several London branches of the National Education Union (NEU), saw … Read more
The 15,000 students rejected by universities due to low A-level grades can reapply today with their upgraded marks – but middle-class students could miss out as institutes look to ‘prioritise disadvantaged pupils’. Devastated pupils hit by Ofqual’s dreaded algorithm had originally seen their marks reduced to the point where they were turned down by their … Read more
Universities minister Michelle Donelan wrote to vice-chancellors requesting their flexibility around admissions and asking them to honour all offers accepted The Government is asking universities to prioritise students from disadvantaged backgrounds for admission ‘where possible’ following the U-turn on A-level grades – meaning Middle-Class pupils may be forced to take gap years. Universities minister Michelle … Read more
Education experts have criticised the ‘staggering’ number of A grades in the revised A-level results as modern foreign languages, maths and classics are revealed as the subjects with the highest rate of A or A* grades in England. Results based on teachers assessed grades showed more than 10 per cent of entries have been upgraded … Read more
ALL A-Level students will get a place at their first choice university if they have the grades – and caps on medical degrees will be scrapped, ministers announce By Joe Middleton For Mailonline Published: 11:22 BST, 20 August 2020 | Updated: 11:22 BST, 20 August 2020 All A-Level students will get a place at their … Read more
A-level pass rate rises to RECORD high after switch to teacher-assessed grades with 38% of students now awarded top grades of A or higher compared to 27% under algorithm Proportion of A-level entries receiving an A grade or higher increased to 38.1% Last Thursday results showed that some 27.6% of entries achieved an A or … Read more
Universities could face legal action from A-level students if they have to defer a place for a year after receiving an offer, say lawyers Thousands of students are scrambling to get places at first choice university A number of top schools have already said students may have to defer to 2021 Lawyers said that universities … Read more
Boris Johnson is today facing calls to end his holiday in Scotland early to return to Downing Street and take charge of the A-level results chaos as Tory MPs warned the Government is being ‘laughed at’. The Prime Minister is not expected to return to Number 10 until next week but the debacle surrounding exam … Read more
Universities have been thrown into chaos over the Government’s exams U-turn last night as 55,000 pupils scramble for the remaining places and elite institutions warned of ‘stretched resources.’ The industry’s main umbrella body said universities were seeking ‘urgent clarification’ on how to accommodate students they had earlier refused because of A-level results downgrades. 55,000 pupils … Read more
Gavin Williamson today insisted he intends to stay on as Education Secretary long into the future despite growing calls for him to quit over the A-level results fiasco. Mr Williamson yesterday announced a screeching U-turn as the Government said grades will now be based on teachers’ assessments rather than a controversial algorithm developed by regulator … Read more