Category: A-levels

Inflated A-level Grades Could Make Fair University Admissions ‘Difficult’

Even more top grades could be awarded to A-level students this summer than last year to compensate for the greater disruption to learning, it has been suggested. There are warnings that “inflated grades” will become the new norm, making it more difficult for universities to “select accurately and fairly.” It comes ahead of A-level results…


‘Refusal’ to Make COVID-19 School Contingency Plans ‘Unforgivable’: Report

The government’s “refusal” to make contingency plans for schools and exams in summer 2020 is the “most unforgivable aspect” of its handling of education amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report has suggested. Lessons regarding school closures and examinations from the first lockdown were “not learnt,” leading to a case of “pause, rewind, repeat,” a…