Critically ill teenagers who can’t sit exams can now receive GCSE and A-level grades, following a year-long campaign against “deeply unfair” policies.
Schools Week helped expose last year how children with life-threatening illnesses or devastating injuries from accidents had to struggle through exams to get a grade.
More families caught in the same position this year launched a 6,000-strong petition calling for students to get teachers’ grades, which were used during the pandemic when national tests were cancelled.
Exam boards told parents last year that children undergoing cancer treatment had to sit at least one exam to qualify for special consideration.
