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Williamson looking at adaptions for 2022 exams to ensure ‘right level of support for pupils’

The government is looking at a “similar set of measures” for the 2022 exams as those proposed for this...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Exams

Cancelling exams is the wrong decision. They should be reinstated

Far from the worst thing the DfE could do, changing its mind and reinstating exams would be the best...

JL Dutaut
STUART LOCK
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Exams 2021: Wales now has a clear direction. What about us?

England shouldn’t cancel its exams but it should follow Wales’s lead in one key regard – taking action now,...

JL Dutaut
NATALIE PERERA
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Exams 2021: Inequality grows with every positive test

The disparity of educational fortunes between some of our communities is ingrained. Covid-19 is making it a lot worse,...

JL Dutaut
HAMID PATEL
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Are exams really the only option?

This year’s exams will go ahead but demands for reform are unlikely to go away, so what does the...

JL Dutaut
CAT SCUTT
Exams

Ignoring pressure to cancel exams was the right call

There might be a debate to be had about assessment but cancelling exams now would have done more harm...

JL Dutaut
ANNE HEAVEY
Exams

Few certainties, but exams are fairest and should go ahead

Schools can be confident that Ofqual and exam boards have the tools to make summer 2021 exams fair, writes...

JL Dutaut
DAME GLENYS STACEY
Exams

Delaying 2021 exams is a good idea – here’s why

Pushing exams back a few weeks next summer is the best option. Arguments for more major exam reform fall...

JL Dutaut
JON COLES
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Ministers can’t muddle their way through to summer 2021 exams

Schools needed a plan for next summer’s exams weeks ago. Without it, we are already risking another fiasco, writes...

JL Dutaut
SARAH HANNAFIN