As GCSE and A level grading returns to “normal”, we must now have a conversation about our over-reliance on end-of-course examinations, it was said this week.
School leaders have welcomed plans to return to pre-pandemic grading standards while ensuring some safeguards for next summer’s exams.
However, there is concern about the problems GCSE and A level students may face should there be further Covid waves this winter and spring and subsequent disruption to teaching.
Furthermore, the government has launched a consultation over making the terminal examinations system more “resilient” in the face of problems such as Covid.
