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The government must address ‘inexplicable variations’ in sixth form colleges’ A-level results

Sixth form colleges are reporting that their A-level results do not reflect the grades they provided, or three year...

Freddie Whittaker
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Sixth form colleges cry foul over standardisation as principals report problems with A-level results

The body representing sixth form colleges has demanded action after the vast majority of principals reported lower-than-expected A-level grades...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Exams 2020: 40% of A-level grades ‘adjusted’, minister reveals

Forty per cent of A-level grades provided by schools have been “adjusted” during the standardisation process, Nick Gibb has...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Exams 2020: Schools WILL face charges for unsuccessful appeals

Fees for unsuccessful appeals against GCSE and A-level grades will not be waived this summer, exam boards have confirmed....

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘We apologise to nobody’ – Gibb defends ‘eleventh-hour’ mocks change

The government will “apologise to nobody” for its last-minute change to the exams system which will offer some pupils...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE sets out plans to allow disappointed exam students to use ‘valid mock grades’

Pupils will be given the choice of receiving a “valid mock grade” instead of their standardised centre-assessment grade under...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Unhappy exam students can use mock exam results – reports

Pupils in England will be allowed to use “mock exam results” if they are unhappy with the grades they...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Starmer: Government risks ‘robbing a generation of their future’

The government risks “robbing a generation of young people of their future” unless it addresses concerns about unfairness in...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Coronavirus: Don’t ‘read too much’ into ‘work in progress’ data on transmission in schools, says minister

A health minister has warned against reading “too much” into data from an incomplete study on the transmission of...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker