School News

• DfE sets out plans to allow disappointed exam students to use ‘valid mock grades’ August 11, 2020
  Pupils will be given the choice of receiving a “valid mock grade” instead of their standardised centre-assessment grade under new plans for GCSE and A-level results announced by the Department for Education. The government has finally confirmed its plans after the proposal to use mock exam grades was briefed out to some newspapers earlier tonight,…
• Unhappy exam students can use mock exam results – reports August 11, 2020
  Pupils in England will be allowed to use “mock exam results” if they are unhappy with the grades they are issued this year, according to reports. Several newspapers reported tonight that ministers have agreed to allow pupils to keep grades given for mock exams – if they are higher than the standardised grades they receive…
• Starmer: Government risks ‘robbing a generation of their future’ August 11, 2020
  The government risks “robbing a generation of young people of their future” unless it addresses concerns about unfairness in the issuing of exam grades this year, Sir Keir Starmer has warned. The leader of the opposition has warned that “thousands of hard-working young people risk having their futures decided on the basis of their postcode”.…