The COVID Diaries – 140 17th August
In a major Government U-turn, A-level and GCSE students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will now have their exams graded as predicted by their teachers instead of a controversial algorithm developed by Ofqual.
Sadly, the change comes too late for many A-level students who received lower grades last Thursday and missed their university offers.
A week ago, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said the algorithm based system was robust and fair. Today he apologised following the major government U-turn, which came after growing fury from pupils and Tory MPs about the handling of the results crisis.
Few people expect Gavin Williamson to be in post much longer.