GCSEs and A-levels will be easier next year with students given questions in advance and allowed to use study aids during exam after ‘unprecedented disruption’ due to Covid 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 … Read more
A-Level and GCSE exams will be scrapped in Wales in 2021 to ensure ‘fairness’ in the system after the lockdown halted classes, the country’s education chief announced today. Welsh education minister Kirsty Williams said that next summer’s papers would be replaced by coursework and assessments amid ongoing disruption to schools caused by the coronavirus. She said … 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
Scotland’s National 5 exams have been scrapped for 2021 and will be replaced with coursework and teacher assessments. Education Secretary John Swinney said ‘it would not be fair’ to press ahead with the exams because of the disruption to learning during the pandemic. He also said that axing the tests would halve the amount of exams … Read more
Gavin Williamson insists exams WILL go ahead next year as he tells students who were victims of A-level and GCSE results chaos that he is ‘deeply sorry’ Education Secretary was grilled over exam results chaos by MPs this afternoon Mr Williamson said exams and assessments planned for next year will go ahead Told students affected … 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
Students taking GCSE and A-level exams next summer are facing 50/50 chance they could be scrapped AGAIN with marks awarded on teacher assessments instead, Tory MP warns Harlow MP Robert Halfon says Ofqual should make exams decision by October Mr Halfon warned students could have fallen too far behind while not in school Comments come … Read more
Students taking GCSE and A-level exams next summer are facing 50/50 chance they could be scrapped AGAIN with marks awarded on teacher assessments instead, Tory MP warns By Katie Feehan For Mailonline Published: 11:53 BST, 30 August 2020 | Updated: 11:54 BST, 30 August 2020 Students taking GCSE and A-Level exams next summer are facing … Read more
Keir Starmer today warned plans for children to return to classrooms in September could be at ‘serious risk’ due to the government’s chaotic handling of exam results. The Labour leader said Downing Street had wasted two weeks which could have been spent preparing for the new school year ‘clearing up a mess of the government’s … Read more