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<p>The Government remains clear that exams are the fairest method to assess students.
Given the further disruption, however, the Department cannot guarantee that all students
will be in a position to sit their exams fairly this summer. GCSE, AS and A levels
will not go ahead as planned.</p><p>The Department has already confirmed our proposals
that in summer 2021 pupils taking GCSE, AS and A levels regulated by Ofqual should
be awarded grades based on an assessment by their teachers. Ofqual and the Department
launched a consultation on the evidence needed to inform teachers’ assessments of
their students’ grades, including providing externally set papers to support their
assessments.</p><p>Teachers will be provided with training and guidance to support
them, balancing flexibility with the need to make sure grades are valid and consistent.
To further support this, the consultation also proposes that exam boards should both
provide information for schools and colleges to inform their own quality assurance,
and that the exam boards themselves should undertake checks of schools’ and colleges’
processes and the evidence for the grades submitted. We have proposed that changes
to teachers’ grades should be the exception and will only be if the grade could not
legitimately have been given based on the evidence. The Department proposes that all
students will have a route to appeal their grades.</p><p>Ofqual and the Department
are working at pace to provide further clarity to the sector and will publish the
outcome of the consultation as soon as possible.</p><p> </p>
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