Poll: Two thirds of parents intend to send children back to school next month

EXCLUSIVE: Only two thirds of parents currently intend to send their children back to school next month as poll shows voters believe Gavin Williamson is most to blame for education omnishambles All schools across England are scheduled to return full-time from September  A new poll showed 69 per cent of parents intend to send their children … Read more

NEU demands reduced content for A-levels and GCSEs in 2021 as students find tests ‘too stressful’

Education union chiefs have today demanded an overhaul of next year’s GCSE and A-Level exams over fears coronavirus could cut school contact time and called for an emphasis shift away from end-of-year exams – because students find them ‘too stressful’. Bosses at the National Education Union (NEU), the UK’s largest teaching union, have written to … Read more

Ofqual was told its algorithm was ‘doomed’ a MONTH ago but ‘ignored the warnings’ 

A senior Department for Education source warned Gavin Williamson the exams algorithm was ‘doomed’ and could see hundreds of students receive the wrong results last month, it has been claimed. Former director-general Sir Jon Coles wrote to Mr Williamson six weeks ago to reveal his concerns about the Ofqual algorithm, claiming that it would only … Read more

STEPHEN GLOVER: Why I fear Boris Johnson’s silence on exam fiasco heaps arrogance upon incompetence 

Where is Boris? We are told he’s camping in Scotland with fiancée Carrie Symonds and baby son Wilfred. It’s hard to imagine him banging in tent pegs, or hunched over a flickering Primus stove. Maybe he’s not really camping and being bitten to death by midges but sheltering in a friend’s house on some pleasant … Read more

Ofqual was told its algorithm was ‘doomed’ a MONTH ago but ‘ignored the warnings’ 

Watchdog Ofqual knew its algorithm was ‘doomed’ as far back as June but pressed ahead anyway, it has been claimed. An adviser who helped it develop the software said there was ‘always an understanding there would be winners and losers’. Ofqual has always said its system was as ‘fair as possible’ – despite so many … Read more

Gavin Williamson is ‘on his last life’ after his exams fiasco

Gavin Williamson is ‘on his last life’ after his humiliating exams fiasco and will be sacked if Boris Johnson’s schools reopening is botched, ministers claim. The under-fire Education Secretary has defied calls to resign from MPs across the board following his disastrously mishandled A-level grading debacle. Cabinet colleagues now believe that Mr Williamson, who is desperately … Read more

Gavin Williamson is ‘on his last life’ after his exams fiasco

Gavin Williamson is ‘on his last life’ after his humiliating exams fiasco and will be sacked if Boris Johnson’s schools reopening is botched, ministers claim. The Education Secretary has defied calls to resign from MPs across the board following the disastrous A-level grading debacle. Cabinet members now believe that embattled Mr Williamson, who is desperately … Read more

NEU demands reduced content for A-levels and GCSEs in 2021 as students find tests ‘too stressful’

Education union chiefs have today demanded an overhaul of next year’s GCSE and A-Level exams over fears coronavirus could cut school contact time and called for an emphasis shift away from end-of-year exams – because students find them ‘too stressful’. Bosses at the National Education Union (NEU), the UK’s largest teaching union, have written to … Read more