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‘Covid generation’ of students prepare for A-level and technical exam results
Nerves are jangling for thousands of young people, not to mention their families and teachers, who’ll get their A-level and technical qualification results tomorrow.
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‘You really see the resilience of young people at times like this’, say ‘Covid generation’ A-Level students
Jackie is joined by three students who’ve received their results today.
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A-level results day: grades drop post-pandemic
It’s A-Level and T-Level results day.
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The Covid Generation: In-person exams return for GCSE and A-Level students for the first time in three years
Across England and Wales, pupils are revising for their A-Level and GCSE exams. Always a stressful time, the pupils facing exams this year have already had to deal with school closures, remote learning, time off with Covid and, for some, dealing with the symptoms of Long Covid. Now in-person exams are back for the first…
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GCSEs and A-Level exams in 2022 to be graded more generously
Exams across Britain will be graded more generously this year to take account of the disruption to education caused by the pandemic.
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Moments of joy for A-level students from some of the most disadvantaged backgrounds
It’s been A-level results day for students in England, Northern Ireland and Wales, and despite all the disruption caused by the pandemic, record numbers of them have won top grades.
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‘Nobody should be diminishing those results’ A-level students have achieved, says Universities Minister Michelle Donelan
We spoke to the Universities Minister Michelle Donelan, and began by putting it to her that if you can’t compare these results to any other year – as her boss Gavin Williamson said – then doesn’t that defeat the point of the exam system?
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Record high in top grade A-level results
There’s something to celebrate for students whose education has been disrupted for another year by the pandemic – a record number of A and A* grades in A-levels in England, Northern Ireland and Wales.
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‘This year… is just horrendous,’ says A-level student
We spoke to Birmingham A-level student Renae Gardner about the planned teacher assessed GCSEs and A Level grades.
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Boris Johnson defends plans for teachers to decide England’s GCSE and A-level grades
Boris Johnson has defended plans to get teachers to grade England’s GCSE and A-level students this year, calling it a “good compromise”.
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Teacher assessment to replace GCSE and A-Level exams
Pupils in England will not sit exams this summer, but will get grades based on teacher assessments.
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‘It will be really difficult to run’ GCSEs and A-Levels this year, says union chief
Kevin Courtney is the joint general secretary of the National Education Union, the largest union to represent teachers and education professionals in the UK.
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GCSEs and A-levels cancelled in Wales
Wales has cancelled all GCSE and A-level exams, in favour of teacher assessments which will be done in the classroom. Scotland has already cancelled its National 5 exams, the equivalent to GCSEs, but A-level pupils will be allowed to sit exams. There is now pressure on England and Northern Ireland to take action as well.
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Labour calls for 2021 GCSE and A-level exams to be delayed
Pupils might be returning to schools in England and Wales this week, but after so long out of the classroom, there are fears of continuing disruption.
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The story behind the GCSE and A-level exam results U-turn
The fiasco around grading has thrown the entire education sector into disarray.
