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Boris Johnson is defying calls for an autumn reshuffle despite Tory backbench pressure to sack Gavin Williamson over his exams debacle. The PM has been accused of having a ‘lack of grip’ after a series of mishaps during the coronavirus crisis has left the Government being ‘laughed at’. He is expected to make ‘minor’ changes … Read more
Boris Johnson is defying calls for an autumn reshuffle despite Tory backbench pressure to sack Gavin Williamson over his exams debacle. The PM has been accused of having a ‘lack of grip’ after a series of mishaps during the coronavirus crisis has left the Government being ‘laughed at’. He is expected to make ‘minor’ changes … Read more
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has slammed government incompetence following the A-level U-turn yesterday – but Gavin Williamson is still expected to stay on. After coming under vast pressure, Mr Williamson decided to allow GCSE and A-level results in England to be based on teachers’ predicted grades rather than an algorithm that left many students … Read more
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has slammed government incompetence following the A-level U-turn yesterday – but Gavin Williamson is still expected to stay on. After coming under vast pressure, Mr Williamson decided to allow GCSE and A-level results in England to be based on teachers’ predicted grades. But tens of thousands of pupils still face … Read more
Gavin Williamson was branded a ‘lame duck’ Education Secretary last night as senior Tories urged him to quit over the exams fiasco. MPs believe he will ultimately get the boot when the Prime Minister reshuffles his Cabinet this autumn. But former ministers insisted he should go now, saying his position was ‘completely untenable’. One added: … Read more
Gavin Williamson was branded a ‘lame duck’ Education Secretary last night as senior Tories urged him to quit over the exams fiasco. MPs believe he will ultimately get the boot when the Prime Minister reshuffles his Cabinet this autumn. But former ministers insisted he should go now, saying his position was ‘completely untenable’. One added: … Read more
This has reset the bar for incompetence: The exams grade scandal leaves us wondering how pupils will ever feel they can trust the system again, writes former Education Secretary DAVID BLUNKETT By David Blunkett For The Daily Mail Published: 22:47 BST, 17 August 2020 | Updated: 22:48 BST, 17 August 2020 The U-turn on A-level … Read more
University admissions departments now face a ‘major headache’ amid the chaos of a Government U-turn on the way A-level results are awarded – and the scrapping of a temporary cap on how many students they can accept. English universities had only been allowed to recruit 5% more UK students than their targets this year in … Read more
University admissions departments now face a ‘major headache’ amid the chaos of a Government U-turn on the way A-level results are awarded – and the scrapping of a temporary cap on how many students they can accept. English universities had only been allowed to recruit 5% more UK students than their targets this year in … Read more
Only THREE PER CENT of staff at Department of Education headquarters were in work on results day Education Secretary Gavin Williamson was among just 62 people seen entering Attendance appears to be proof that civil servants are ignoring calls to return It was a marked improvement on the previous week, when just two dozen came … Read more