The coronavirus pandemic has made it impossible for UK students to take any traditional exams. In England, these include GCSEs, the qualifications that mark the end of compulsory school education, AS ...

The government’s attempt to grade thousands of students by algorithm has been a disaster. Hundreds of student protesters, gathering outside the Department for Education, on August 16 made this ...

A-level and GCSE students in Wales will get their exam results as predicted by teachers instead of an algorithm, after the controversial system was scrapped. It follows the earlier announcement in ...

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The education secretary has confirmed A-level and GCSE exams will not go ahead this year. Speaking to MPs, Gavin Williamson said teachers would be asked to assess grades again and that that government ...

There will be “no algorithms whatsoever” to determine GCSE and A-Level exam results this year following the chaos of last summer, the Education Secretary has confirmed. Full details of how students ...

Prominent Suffolk headteachers are urging the government to scrap the ‘blatantly unfair’ algorithm which could severely impact students’ grades ahead of GCSE results day. Dave Lee-Allan, headteacher ...