News archive for 15th August 2020

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Ofqual removes mock exam appeals policy just hours after publication - Schools Week A-level results: Ofqual suspends criteria for exam appeals hours after releasing policy - Independent It's time to expel lazy oaf Gavin Williamson once and for all - Mirror Schools in England will be able to appeal exam grades for free, education minister confirms - HuffPost Guide to appealing GCSE and A-level grades - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupils can use coursework and mocks to appeal exam results, Ofqual says in new guidance - Independent The A-level algorithm meltdown – cartoon - Guardian We mustn't rely on trainees to staff inner-city schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Changes to be made to appeal process for A-level and GCSE results - Wales Online A-levels and GCSEs: Student tells minister 'you've ruined my life' - BBC Ofqual publishes criteria for ‘valid’ mock exam appeals - FE Week A-levels row: Oxford college to honour all offers despite results - Guardian This year's A-level results are a fiasco – but the system was already broken - Guardian Reopening schools: Staff positivity cheered me no end - Times Educational Supplement | TES Is the government opposed to a diverse curriculum? - Times Educational Supplement | TES University world news 15/08/2020 - University World News Too many A-level grades are patently wrong – here's how to fix it - Guardian Schools can appeal against A-level and GCSE grades for free, says Williamson - Guardian Students call for the government to make U-turn as they demonstrate in London - Independent Ofqual publishes criteria for ‘valid’ mock exam appeals - Schools Week Government will pay exam appeal fees, says Williamson - FE Week Statement on our earlier announcement, 15 August 2020 - Ofqual Back to college: 3 hopes for blended learning - Times Educational Supplement | TES It was so amazing: Parents give verdicts on return to Scottish schools - Scotsman A-level students are victims of a farce that Gavin Williamson had five months to avoid - Guardian A-levels and GCSEs: Free exam appeals for schools in England - BBC Reassurance for schools and students on result appeals - DfE Exam appeals: The Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP writes to all headteachers and college principals - DfE Traditional ways to engage boys - UKEdChat *Exam Grades 2020*: Technically a fiasco - Teacherhead A level policy decisions left disadvantaged students devastated - Wonkhe GCSE results: Head teachers predict a shambles after A-level downgrading row - Times Free appeals for pupils over poor A-level grades - Times A-level results: Too late for Oxbridge even if you win appeal - Times Nicola Sturgeon backs SNP supporter reviewing party’s exam fiasco - Times School lavatory gender rules still in force after ministers rejected them - Times