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Former school teacher Michael Brunelli grades a troll’s poorly written message bullying him for appearing on Married At First Sight By Louise Starkey For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:32 GMT, 18 February 2021 | Updated: 05:33 GMT, 18 February 2021 Michael Brunelli has become a successful social media influencer since starring on the sixth season … Read more
Pupils could be told to sit mini-exams to help teachers calculate A-level and GCSE results as Gavin Williamson rules out using an algorithm after last summer’s debacle Ministers today said they will not use an algorithm to calculate student grades Decision to use algorithm last year descended into chaos and prompted U-turn Gavin Williamson raised … Read more
Poorer students who fail to get top A-Levels will be offered a free foundation year at the University of Cambridge under a new £5 million scheme to help talented youngsters who have fallen on hard times. The scheme – for those who miss out on the prestigious institution’s high entry requirements – will be introduced … Read more
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
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
The UK admissions body is calling for an overhaul of the university application process to allow A Level students access to more accurate information before they decide their future. Ucas, the body behind university admissions in the UK, says the system of using predicted grades for university applications is unreliable and can penalise disadvantaged students … 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
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
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
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