Dozens descend on Downing Street for A-level exam protest demanding Gavin Williamson is sacked

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

STEPHEN GLOVER: Why I fear Boris Johnson’s silence on exam fiasco heaps arrogance upon incompetence 

Where is Boris? We are told he’s camping in Scotland with fiancée Carrie Symonds and baby son Wilfred. It’s hard to imagine him banging in tent pegs, or hunched over a flickering Primus stove. Maybe he’s not really camping and being bitten to death by midges but sheltering in a friend’s house on some pleasant … Read more

Exam regulator Ofqual chiefs had no prior education experience

Ofqual’s ‘underqualified’ £200,000-a-year CEO, its two-days-a-week ex-journalist chairman who flunked his A-Levels and the top DfE civil servant hated by Gove-ites: Three accused of overseeing exams chaos – as the axe hovers over regulator Chairman Roger Taylor is a former journalist turned medical businessman Sally Collier is a career civil service but had not worked … Read more

Students mock government’s exam U-turn on social media

Delighted students take to social media to mock government’s ’embarrassing’ exam U-turn after Ofqual announces A levels AND GCSEs will now be based on teachers’ assessments One meme shows Homer Simpson disappearing into a hedge and a stuck car Another shows Leonardo DiCaprio saying: ‘We did it guys even an apology too’ Boris Johnson interrupted … Read more

Will GCSE results be delayed? As exam fiasco plumbs new depths, top Tories call for postponement

Boris Johnson was last night facing calls to delay this week’s GCSE results as the exam fiasco worsened. He is facing growing anger from his own party over the ‘huge mess’ surrounding the A-level results of millions of teenagers. Lord Baker, who introduced the GCSE system, said Thursday’s results announcement should be delayed by two … Read more

Will GCSE results be delayed? As exam fiasco plumbs new depths, top Tories call for postponement

Boris Johnson was last night facing calls to delay this week’s GCSE results as the exam fiasco worsened. He is facing growing anger from his own party over the ‘huge mess’ surrounding the A-level results of millions of teenagers. Lord Baker, who introduced the GCSE system, said Thursday’s results announcement should be delayed by two … Read more

Now the ARMY is under fire over exam chaos after 100 junior soldiers got the wrong results

Now the ARMY is under fire over exam chaos after clerical errors led to more than 100 junior soldiers getting the wrong results in their promotion tests The solders who received incorrect results are in the Royal Logistic Corps (RLC)  Some soldiers were told they had failed when they had passed, and vice versa Error was only … Read more

Now the ARMY is under fire over exam chaos after 100 junior soldiers got the wrong results

Now the ARMY is under fire over exam chaos after clerical errors led to more than 100 junior soldiers getting the wrong results in their promotion tests The solders who received incorrect results are in the Royal Logistic Corps (RLC)  Some soldiers were told they had failed when they had passed, and vice versa Error was only … Read more