Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to recruit additional exam invigilators for the 2021 exam series.

The Government has announced that, from 5 January 2021, schools and colleges have moved to remote provision, except for vulnerable children and children of critical workers.

The Department will therefore not be asking students to sit GCSE, AS and A level exams this summer as planned. Ofqual, with the department, will launch a consultation shortly which seeks views on how to fairly award all pupils with a grade that ensures they can progress to the next stage of their lives. This will be based on teacher assessment, with training and support provided to ensure grades are awarded fairly and consistently.

Further details on the delivery of assessment in 2021 will be available in due course.