The Government is bracing for potential exam disruption during upcoming teacher strikes as talks with education unions yesterday failed to reach a compromise in a pay dispute.
Ofqual, the exams regulator, has updated its exam contingency plan for England, Wales and Northern Ireland to include guidance on keeping schools open during industrial action.
It urged headteachers to prioritise keeping schools open for “children due to take public exams and other formal assessments” and called on schools to “review their contingency plans to make this happen”.
It comes after a second round of talks on Wednesday between union leaders and Education Secretary Gillian Keegan resulted in “no tangible progress” on an improved pay offer.
