Assessments: Coronavirus

(asked on 8th February 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to announce the detail of the assessment process to replace summer exams for 2021.


Answered by
Nick Gibb Portrait
Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 11th February 2021

In light of the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, the Government considers that examinations cannot be held in a way which is fair. The Department has therefore announced that GCSE, AS and A level exams will not go ahead this summer as planned.

The Department has already confirmed proposals that, in summer 2021, students taking GCSE, AS and A levels regulated by Ofqual should be awarded grades based on an assessment by their teachers.

To ensure that our approach is developed with the sector, Ofqual and the Department have now concluded a two-week consultation on how to ensure all students are supported to move to the next stage of their lives. The Department is working at pace to provide further clarity to the sector and details of alternative arrangements to exams will be confirmed in our response to the consultation, which will be published by the end of February 2021. ​

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