Education experts have criticised the ‘staggering’ number of A grades in the revised A-level results as modern foreign languages, maths and classics are revealed as the subjects with the highest rate of A or A* grades in England. Results based on teachers assessed grades showed more than 10 per cent of entries have been upgraded … Read more
ALL A-Level students will get a place at their first choice university if they have the grades – and caps on medical degrees will be scrapped, ministers announce By Joe Middleton For Mailonline Published: 11:22 BST, 20 August 2020 | Updated: 11:22 BST, 20 August 2020 All A-Level students will get a place at their … Read more
A-level pass rate rises to RECORD high after switch to teacher-assessed grades with 38% of students now awarded top grades of A or higher compared to 27% under algorithm Proportion of A-level entries receiving an A grade or higher increased to 38.1% Last Thursday results showed that some 27.6% of entries achieved an A or … Read more
Universities could face legal action from A-level students if they have to defer a place for a year after receiving an offer, say lawyers Thousands of students are scrambling to get places at first choice university A number of top schools have already said students may have to defer to 2021 Lawyers said that universities … Read more
Boris Johnson is today facing calls to end his holiday in Scotland early to return to Downing Street and take charge of the Government’s education omnishambles as Tory MPs warned ministers they are being ‘laughed at’. The Prime Minister is not expected to return to Number 10 until next week but the debacle surrounding A-level … Read more
Universities have been thrown into chaos over the Government’s exams U-turn last night as 55,000 pupils scramble for the remaining places and elite institutions warned of ‘stretched resources.’ The industry’s main umbrella body said universities were seeking ‘urgent clarification’ on how to accommodate students they had earlier refused because of A-level results downgrades. 55,000 pupils … Read more
Gavin Williamson today insisted he intends to stay on as Education Secretary long into the future despite growing calls for him to quit over the A-level results fiasco. Mr Williamson yesterday announced a screeching U-turn as the Government said grades will now be based on teachers’ assessments rather than a controversial algorithm developed by regulator … Read more
Students in England have been told their A-level grades will now be based on teachers’ assessments – if they were higher than the moderated grades they received. GCSE students who are anxiously awaiting their results on Thursday can also opt for grades based on their teachers’ estimates rather than the controversial algorithm devised by exams … Read more
Eton College’s headmaster is leading calls from some of the top private schools in the country to scrap the controversial A-level algorithm that decided A-level results. Simon Henderson said that several of pupils had seen their teacher-assessed grades downgraded by the standardising process, sometimes by more than one grade, ‘and in a way which on … Read more
Boris Johnson insists he has ‘confidence’ in Gavin Williamson as ‘ineffectual’ Education Secretary faces calls to quit over A-level results shambles Gavin Williamson under growing pressure over handling of A-level results chaos Number 10 insisted Boris Johnson does have confidence in Education Secretary But some MPs believe Mr Williamson should quit, labelling him as ‘ineffectual’ … Read more