News archive for 16th August 2020

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Hundreds of students take to the streets in central London as anger mounts over A Level 'chaos' - Evening Standard Boris Johnson told to 'get a grip' and sort out A-Level results chaos - Metro Labour finally supports all kids going back to school in September ‘no ifs, no buts’ in major U-turn - The Sun Algorithms can cause real harm... said head of Ofqual - Mail A-level private school subjects see 'rampant' inflation - Times Educational Supplement | TES Five pupils test positive in Scottish Covid-19 outbreak - Times Educational Supplement | TES Oxford University accepts hundreds of students despite downgraded results - Evening Standard A-level results: ‘Rampant’ grade inflation in Latin and classics, while state schools unfairly hit by lowered marks, charity says - Independent Labour demands Boris Johnson 'get a grip' of A-level 'chaos' - HuffPost Boris Johnson urged to intervene as exam results anger escalates - Guardian A-level algorithm predicts inaccurate grades at least a third of the time, exam regulator’s analysis reveals - Telegraph A-level results: How the government’s ‘chaotic’ response to exam cancellations unfolded - Independent Johnson faces growing calls to fix exam grades ‘chaos’ - Financial Times A-levels: why has Ofqual suspended its criteria to appeal grades? - Guardian Gavin Williamson urged to postpone publication of GCSE results amid 'unfair' downgrading - Evening Standard Angry and confused' students protest for second day after A-levels downgraded - Metro Futures sacrificed for the sake of statistics - Guardian In full: Ofqual's A level and GCSE U-turn statement - Times Educational Supplement | TES Keir Starmer warns Boris he 'expects' schools to go back next month - Metro GCSEs 2020: Call to delay results over flawed algorithm - Times Educational Supplement | TES A-levels: Review 2-grade markdowns or U-turn, say heads - Times Educational Supplement | TES A-level student launches legal bid against Ofqual - Guardian 'I feel utterly let down': students on Ofqual's review of A-level appeal criteria - Guardian Hundreds of students march through London chanting 'Get Gav Gone' in A Levels protest - Mirror Automatic reviews of results lowered by more than one grade would rectify worst of the injustice - Schools Week Ofqual 'blindsided' government by revoking A-level appeals process - Guardian Boris Johnson urged to 'get a grip' on exams 'fiasco' after Ofqual suspends A Level appeals policy - Evening Standard Parents and students set for court battle over A-level results - City AM A levels: ‘Farcical’ Ofqual has sown confusion - Times Educational Supplement | TES Among everything else, spare a thought for the Year 12s - Times Educational Supplement | TES From all Bs to Es – the pupils leading the A-level results legal challenge - Schools Week 97% of GCSE results to be set using A Level algorithm - Evening Standard Ministers tell parents it is safe to go back to school - Times Educational Supplement | TES A-level results chaos only benefits people from wealthier backgrounds - Mirror Ofqual’s algorithm issues ‘more severe’ at GCSE level - Times Educational Supplement | TES Pupils CAN now use teacher's predicted grades to challenge GCSE and A-Levels results - Mail Ministers launch campaign to persuade parents it's safe to send children back to school in September - Evening Standard Ofqual suspends criteria on A Level mock exam appeals hours after releasing policy - Evening Standard 4 ways the pandemic might reshape school design - Times Educational Supplement | TES Boris Johnson urged to 'get a grip' on exams 'fiasco' after Ofqual suspends A Level appeals policy - Evening Standard A-level appeal criteria suspended by Ofqual hours after being announced - HuffPost GCSE results day: What might we see on Thursday? - Times Educational Supplement | TES For better or worse, our universities are hierarchical. It’s why A-levels matter | Nick Hillman - Guardian The UK and Europe are opening schools again. Here's what America should learn from us - HuffPost A-level results: Ofqual 'reviewing' exam appeals guidance - BBC Oral exams: what are the benefits? - Times Educational Supplement | TES A-levels: higher-tariff universities ‘eat the sandwiches’ of others - Times Higher Education | THE Autumn term chaos feared over exam resits and appeals - Guardian Government campaign launches to get children ‘back to school safely’ - DfE Keir Starmer accuses Boris Johnson of failing to understand his ‘moral responsibility’ to re-open schools next month - PoliticsHome How to teach teachers amidst the pandemic - UKEdChat Update on ongoing A-level results situation - NAHT The government's betrayal of young people - Guardian A-levels 2020: a system without much appeal - HEPI A-level by algorithm or why one size does not fit all - Headteachers' Roundtable Using whole-class feedback for self-regulation - Teacher Toolkit Coronavirus: Parents to be told schools safe for September return - BBC A-level 'chaos' deepens as Ofqual suspends appeal rules - Times Educational Supplement | TES This algorithm is not working out - Times