‘Mini-exams’ could inform teacher-assessed GCSE and A-level grades

Pupils could be told to sit mini-exams to help teachers calculate A-level and GCSE results as Gavin Williamson rules out using an algorithm after last summer’s debacle Ministers today said they will not use an algorithm to calculate student grades Decision to use algorithm last year descended into chaos and prompted U-turn Gavin Williamson raised … Read more

Pupils could sit mini-exams to inform teacher-assessed grades

Pupils could be told to sit mini-exams to help teachers calculate A-level and GCSE results as Gavin Williamson rules out using an algorithm after last summer’s debacle Ministers today said they will not use an algorithm to calculate student grades Decision to use algorithm last year descended into chaos and prompted U-turn Gavin Williamson raised … Read more

Strictly’s HRVY posts cryptic note to Instagram to inform fans he’s ‘taking time away’

A week ago he was battling fro the glitterball trophy on Strictly Come Dancing. But having lost out to Bill Bailey in the finale, HRVY has spent the last few days reunited with his family and enjoying Christmas. But on Sunday the influencer, 21, posted a cryptic note to Instagram saying: ‘Thinking of you all. … Read more

Boris Johnson is planning advertising campaign to inform teachers and parents about Covid symptoms

The Prime Minister is planning an advertising campaign to inform teachers and parents about coronavirus symptoms, it has been revealed. The government has faced severe backlash over the test and trace system which has seen those needing tests sent hundreds of miles and told to join long queues at some testing centres while others stand … Read more

Google website to inform Americans about COVID-19 is a far cry from what Trump promised 

What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more