PAUL THOMAS on… Government’s exams fiasco By Paul Thomas For The Daily Mail Published: 02:07 BST, 19 August 2020 | Updated: 02:07 BST, 19 August 2020 Advertisement To order a print of this Paul Thomas cartoon or one by Pugh, visit Mailpictures.newsprints.co.uk or call 0191 6030 178. Share or comment on this article:
This has reset the bar for incompetence: The exams grade scandal leaves us wondering how pupils will ever feel they can trust the system again, writes former Education Secretary DAVID BLUNKETT By David Blunkett For The Daily Mail Published: 22:47 BST, 17 August 2020 | Updated: 22:48 BST, 17 August 2020 The U-turn on A-level … Read more
‘I didn’t even get the chance to insist they gave me three A’s instead’ Jeremy Clarkson pokes fun at A-level exams chaos as he boasts about receiving a C and 2Us and is now ‘building a house in the Cotswolds’ Jeremy Clarkson posted his annual tweet to ‘reassure’ nervous A level students Teachers were asked … Read more
‘I didn’t even get the chance to insist they gave me three A’s instead’ Jeremy Clarkson pokes fun at A-level exams chaos as he boasts about receiving a C and 2Us and is now ‘building a house in the Cotswolds’ Jeremy Clarkson posted his annual tweet to ‘reassure’ nervous A level students Teachers were asked … Read more
Students were given a ‘triple lock’ on their A-level and GCSE grades last night as ministers ripped up the system in the wake of the Scottish exams fiasco. Just 36 hours before A-level results are released, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said students could now opt for the grades they got in their mock exams. It means … Read more
Students were given a ‘triple lock’ on their A-level and GCSE grades last night as ministers ripped up the system in the wake of the Scottish exams fiasco. Just 36 hours before A-level results are released, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said students could now opt for the grades they got in their mock exams. It means … Read more
Tens of thousands of Scottish pupils will get exam results based on their predicted grades after Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish government completed an embarrassing U-turn. Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP administration bowed to pressure to alter course over a ‘standardisation’ system designed to tackle the fact that no exams have been sat due to coronavirus. The process was … Read more
From bad to verse: Schools are given the OK to drop poetry from GCSE exams as syllabus is pared back in the wake of coronavirus shutdown Regulator Ofqual yesterday unveiled a slimmed-down English literature syllabus All students will be assessed on a Shakespeare play but can swerve poetry It comes after pressure from teachers grappling … Read more
From bad to verse: Schools are given the OK to drop poetry from GCSE exams as syllabus is pared back in the wake of coronavirus shutdown Regulator Ofqual yesterday unveiled a slimmed-down English literature syllabus All students will be assessed on a Shakespeare play but can swerve poetry It comes after pressure from teachers grappling … Read more
An imaginary barrier cast with a toy wand is enough to stop children from cheating during exams, a new study shows. In experiments, psychologists demonstrated that a theoretical line was enough to prevent kids from sneaking a look at answers to a maths test on an adjacent table. Researchers tested hundreds of children in several … Read more