The chairman of Ofqual today claimed Gavin Williamson was urged not to cancel exams and the A-level results debacle had ‘rapidly’ got out of control under the leadership of the Education Secretary. Roger Taylor told the Education Select Committee that earlier this year the regulator had made clear to Mr Williamson that it believed the … Read more
Rambling. Wildly incoherent. Those beardy weirdies from Extinction Rebellion were out in Parliament Square again yesterday, subjecting all of us to hours of indecipherable gibberish. Despite being supposedly educated, they’re a decidedly inarticulate rabble. Their speakers were about as stirring as the cider-fuelled Morris dancers at my local summer fete. Mind you, things were no … Read more
Gavin Williamson insists exams WILL go ahead next year as he tells students who were victims of A-level and GCSE results chaos that he is ‘deeply sorry’ Education Secretary was grilled over exam results chaos by MPs this afternoon Mr Williamson said exams and assessments planned for next year will go ahead Told students affected … Read more
Hundreds of heads will block children’s return to school as nearly 90 per cent of teachers warned social distancing will be impossible and many claim ‘extreme anxiety,’ over new term. Under-threat Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has staked his future on the full return of schools, after overseeing the exams fiasco that unfairly graded thousands. But … Read more
Students taking GCSE and A-level exams next summer are facing 50/50 chance they could be scrapped AGAIN with marks awarded on teacher assessments instead, Tory MP warns By Katie Feehan For Mailonline Published: 11:53 BST, 30 August 2020 | Updated: 11:54 BST, 30 August 2020 Students taking GCSE and A-Level exams next summer are facing … Read more
Gavin Williamson has insisted he will not resign and continue to ‘graft away’ while warning that parents who do not send their children back to school risk putting a ‘huge dent in their future life chances’. In an open letter to parents, the Education Secretary acknowledged that some parents may have concerns about their children … Read more
Education Secretary Gavin Williamson was under fresh pressure last night after critical lockdown guidance for schools was issued just before midnight on Friday evening. Unions reacted with fury over the ‘reprehensible’ timing of the advice, which said that secondary pupils could be kept home on a rota every two weeks in areas that are locked … Read more
King Canute famously (and apocryphally) took his throne to a beach and commanded the incoming tide to halt. This week, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson warned parents not to pause to ‘gossip at the school gates’ when dropping off their children in order to cut the risk of passing on Covid-19. Both actions were exercises in … Read more
Secondary school pupils will have to wear masks to school when they return next week after a government U-turn last week. With just days to go before children return, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson last week said face coverings will be compulsory in the communal areas of schools covered by local lockdowns. A decision on whether … Read more
Boris Johnson fired the top civil servant at the Department for Education today saying ‘fresh official leadership’ was needed after the A-Level and GCSE exam fiasco. Jonathan Slater will step down on September 1, it was announced today, the day after Ofqual chief executive Sally Collier resigned from her post int he wake of the … Read more
Teachers have warned Boris Johnson his face masks U-turn risks creating chaos in schools amid fears pupils will bully each other over their choice of covering. The Government last night announced that face masks will be compulsory in the communal areas of secondary schools in parts of England which are subject to local lockdowns. Meanwhile, … Read more
Thousands of secondary pupils will have to wear masks at school after yet another education U-turn. With just days to go before children return, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson last night said face coverings will be compulsory in the communal areas of schools covered by local lockdowns. A decision on whether to wear masks in other schools … Read more
The chief executive of exam regulator Ofqual quit today, days after a furious row over A-Level and GCSE grades in England. Sally Collier resigned as chief regulator after four years in the role and will be replaced temporarily by her predecessor Dame Glenys Stacey. Ms Collier, a career civil servant, had come in for criticism over … Read more