Schools and colleges will have to collect student performance evidence again this year in case exams are cancelled, government has confirmed, despite half of those consulted saying it will increase workload.
The Department for Education and Ofqual have confirmed their plans for “supporting resilience in the exam system” in 2023. The guidance tells schools and colleges to collect and retain evidence to be used for potential teacher grades for GCSEs and A-levels.
The two organisations said it was “very unlikely” exams would be canned, but “good public policy means having contingency, even for extremely unlikely scenarios”.
The government faced fierce criticism for not having an “off-the-shelf plan B” when exams were cancelled for a second time in early 2021 due to the pandemic.
