Schools should collect student performance evidence again this year in the unlikely event that exams are cancelled, the government has proposed.
Although national closure of schools or cancellation of exams is now “very unlikely”, ministers say “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 in early 2021.
So in 2021-22, given the uncertainty with the pandemic, schools were asked to collect evidence during the school year including through internal assessments. But exams did go ahead as planned.
