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PAUL THOMAS on… easier exams By Paul Thomas For The Daily Mail Published: 02:24 GMT, 4 December 2020 | Updated: 02:24 GMT, 4 December 2020 Advertisement To order a print of this Paul Thomas cartoon or one by Pugh, visit Mailpictures.newsprints.co.uk or call 0191 6030 178 Share or comment on this article:
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
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
Wales should scrap GCSE exams next summer and instead award grades on pupils’ coursework and assessments, a testing regulator has said. Qualifications Wales said A-Level students should continue to be graded as normal, but younger pupils should face a relaxed system. It comes after the summer’s exam season turned into a fiasco as tests were … Read more
Scottish National 5 exams will be now CANCELLED in 2021 due to Covid – with teachers set to award grades for thousands of pupils instead Education Secretary John Swinney said ‘it would not be fair’ to press ahead The Scottish Government said the changes will halve the amount of exams It will also create space … 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
Leading state and private schools including Eton launch joint fight to scrap ‘unfair and unreliable’ GCSE exams More than 20 top education names have joined together to write an open letter They claim the system ‘leaves in its wake a trail of stress and unfairness’ Former education secretary who introduced GCSEs in 1988, Lord Baker, … 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
Gavin Williamson refuses to say Ofqual is ‘fit for purpose’ after exams fiasco as he agrees ministers should have ‘a greater degree of oversight’ in the wave of A-Level and GCSE grade crisis By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 11:37 BST, 16 September 2020 | Updated: 11:37 BST, 16 September 2020 Gavin Williamson … Read more