Three in five schools plan to rely on tests when deciding GCSE and A-level grades – even though official exams are cancelled A survey by the school leaders’ union ASCL found seven per cent of schools will base assessments entirely on exam-style papers Fifty three per cent said they would give greater weight to exam-style … Read more
Headteachers warn pushy parents their child’s grades may be CUT if they try to bully teachers Ofqual says any attempt to interfere with assessments breaches the rules Exams watchdog added a pupil’s results can be quashed if malpractice found Schools and colleges will use a range of evidence to decide students’ grades By Julie Henry For … Read more
Stanley Johnson gives his Prime Minister son Boris ‘B-plus or maybe A-minus’ for his handling of the pandemic as he deducts marks because more than 100,000 people are dead Stanley Johnson gave the PM ‘B-plus or maybe A-minus’ for his handling of Covid The former MEP praised the Government’s ‘remarkably successful’ jabs rollout He claimed … Read more
Grades farce as pupils can see questions in advance: Exams regulator is branded ‘a joke’ after agreeing to make questions and marking schemes available online Students to access mini-assessments that teachers can use to help grade them Officials insist evaluations should be viewed more like coursework than exams It comes as ministers warned against ‘punishing’ … Read more
Gavin Williamson today tried to quell fears over a ‘Wild West’ system for GCSEs and A-Levels as experts warned his plan could be even worse than last year’s hated algorithm. The Education Secretary confirmed that teachers will have control over the marks their pupils get, but insisted there will be ‘meaningful checks’ and ‘quality assurance’, with … Read more
Gavin Williamson said ministers were putting their trust in teachers to mark pupils’ GCSEs and A-Levels today as he confirmed that no computer algorithms would be used to work our fair grades. The Education Secretary fronted a Government press conference tonight ahead of an announcement tomorrow on how grades will be awarded this summer. Last … Read more
Former school teacher Michael Brunelli grades a troll’s poorly written message bullying him for appearing on Married At First Sight By Louise Starkey For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:32 GMT, 18 February 2021 | Updated: 05:33 GMT, 18 February 2021 Michael Brunelli has become a successful social media influencer since starring on the sixth season … Read more
Teachers will grade school pupils’ GCSE and A-level grades this summer after exams were scrapped due to Covid-related school closures, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson revealed today. The exams that were due to be sat in May and June this year will be replaced by school-based assessments, he told the Commons in a statement this afternoon. … Read more
There have been more than 1,000 outbreaks of coronavirus in educational settings since schools reopened in September, the Government’s scientific advisers have suggested. An outbreak or cluster is classed by Public Health England (PHE) as two or more positive cases of Covid-19 related to one setting. A document released by the Scientific Advisory Group for … 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