Under-fire Gavin Williamson today broke cover to guarantee every school in England will be supplied with coronavirus home tests to hand out to parents when they reopen next week. The Education Secretary used an interview to pledge that teachers would be able to send ill children home with a fast-result kit so that a family member can use … Read more
Gavin Williamson is in the running to be named MP of the Year despite widespread demands for him to quit over this year’s exams fiasco. The Education Secretary has been nominated in the People’s Choice category of the awards run by non-partisan organisation the Patchwork Foundation. He has been nomination by the public in a … Read more
‘He’s a very useful idiot for us’: Unions say they ‘don’t want Education Secretary Gavin Williamson to be sacked’ as ministers believe he has ‘one last chance’ to save his career by ensuring schools reopen next week Ministers say Gavin Williamson is on his ‘last chance’ to save his cabinet job Test will be his … Read more
Gavin Williamson has hit back at claims he was on holiday as the A-Level results fiasco unfolded in the UK, saying he was only in Scarborough to visit his relatives. The under-fire Education Secretary added that he has also cancelled his family’s holiday to remain in the country and deal with problems caused by algorithms downgrading … Read more
Ofqual boss threatened to quit unless Gavin Williamson gave his public backing to embattled exams regulatory after A-levels results U-turn Roger Taylor demanded a public statement of support from Gavin Williamson He was speaking in wake of Government’s U-turn over A-level and GCSE results In aftermath Mr Williamson refused to declare his ‘confidence’ in the … Read more
Dozens of protestors attended an A-level results demonstration outside Downing Street calling for the immediate sacking of Gavin Williamson. Students and teachers have demanded for the Education Secretary to be sacked at Friday’s protest over A-level and Btec results in England. The event, supported by several London branches of the National Education Union (NEU), saw … Read more
Gavin Williamson is ‘on his last life’ after his humiliating exams fiasco and will be sacked if Boris Johnson’s schools reopening is botched, ministers claim. The Education Secretary has defied calls to resign from MPs across the board following the disastrous A-level grading debacle. Cabinet members now believe that embattled Mr Williamson, who is desperately … Read more
Gavin Williamson today gave his full backing to Ofqual just one day after blaming the exam regulator for the Government’s A-level results chaos. The Department for Education said in a statement issued this afternoon that ‘we have full confidence in Ofqual and its leadership’. Mr Williamson had said yesterday the regulator ‘didn’t deliver’ the grading system … Read more
Boris Johnson is defying calls for an autumn reshuffle despite Tory backbench pressure to sack Gavin Williamson over his exams debacle. The PM has been accused of having a ‘lack of grip’ after a series of mishaps during the coronavirus crisis has left the Government being ‘laughed at’. He is expected to make ‘minor’ changes … Read more
Gavin Williamson was today savaged over the A-level and GCSE exams ‘farce’ by the British press which called for the Education Secretary to be sacked and described him as a ‘clown’. The Daily Mail used the headline ‘Another fine mess’, with a cartoon of Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Mr Williamson as Laurel and Hardy, … Read more