2021 exams adjusted

2021 exams adjusted

Exams in 2021 will likely be adjusted to reflect the disruption of the summer 2020.  This isn't to unexpected as a long of the learning in the summer term especially for the AS levels will have been limited or missed all together.

The idea of pupils repeating part of their years does not according to the Association of School and college leaders fly. 

An Ofqual update can be found here Geoff Barton Secretary of the ASCL told the TES that ' It maybe needed to adjust the GCSES and A levels next year .It may not be possible to cover all the content'. This was in response to a point made in Newsnight by SIr Micheal Wilshaw, former head of Ofsted who mentioned that schools might have to be open evening and weekends to catch up. If that doesn't happen he says ' no alternative to repeat a year'. 

Geoff Barton response that these two options are ' too simplistic'  An Ofqual spokesman said: “We know the Covid-19 outbreak will have caused stress and uncertainty for many students, regardless of whether or not they were expecting to take exams this year.' Students who are studying GCSE, AS or A level courses, but are not due to take exams until 2021, will have had their teaching and learning disrupted. We do not yet know for how long this disruption will continue.  “We are working with the DfE, the wider sector and exam boards to consider the options for next year.”