a-levels

This Is How School Exams Will Be Graded This Year

Given the shambles Gavin Williamson oversaw last summer, the latest move is perhaps unsurprising.
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GCSE And A-Level Exams In England Delayed By Three Weeks Amid Covid Second Wave

Gavin Williamson has said students will need more time to prepare in 2021.
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Risk Of More A-Level Chaos In 2021 If Government Doesn't Plan For Exams Delay, Labour Warns

Shadow education minister Emma Hardy tells HuffPost UK ministers need to think about recruiting more assessors now if it wants to push back exams.
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Gavin Williamson Overruled Advice Not To Cancel Exams, Says Ofqual Chair

Roger Taylor tells MPs it was a “fundamental mistake” to believe the public would accept results decided by an algorithm.
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I'm One Of Thousands Of A-Level Students Who Still Have No Grades – And No Hope

External candidates like me have been living in a nightmare since results day. The worst part? There’s a simple solution.
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Delay GCSE And A-level Exams To Help Pupils Catch Up, Says Labour

Shadow education secretary Kate Green said Year 11 and 13 students face "a mountain to climb" after losing up to six months of teaching time.
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PM Sacks Top Education Official After Exams Fiasco – While Gavin Williamson Keeps Job

"The buck stops with Williamson. Sooner or later, he has to go too," a Labour frontbencher said.
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Ofqual Chief Sally Collier Quits Over A-Level Grading Fiasco

Thousands of students were downgraded before the government and exams watchdog were forced to U-turn over the issue.
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Six Questions Gavin Williamson Still Needs To Answer About The Exams Fiasco

Students have got their grades – now it's the education secretary's turn to be examined.
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Government Agrees Deal With Universities After Exam Grading Fiasco

But only certain courses "vital to the country’s social needs and economy" will receive extra funding.
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