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
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
An 18-year-old A-Level student has become one of the youngest people in the UK ever to die from bowel cancer. Charlotte Simpson, from Hampshire, fought a short four-month battle after she was diagnosed with stage four cancer in January this year. In April, she was told she had just weeks to live and she passed away … Read more
A-Level student, 18, becomes one of youngest people in UK ever to die from bowel cancer – 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 teaching at … 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
Ministers say decision on whether to delay GCSE and A-level exams next year will be taken ‘very soon’ amid fears many pupils are MONTHS behind after coronavirus chaos 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 … 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
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
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
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