GCSE and A-Level pupils to get more generous grades and warning of exam topics

mirror.co.uk:

Pupils will be marked more generously and be warned of topics in advance under new plans for summer exams. GCSE and A-Level students will be allowed to take study aids into some exam halls and given a second chance to sit papers if coronavirus forces them to miss their main exams.

Officials have drawn up new guidance for the 2021 exams in England amid fears students will lose out due to interruptions to schooling from the pandemic.

It comes as official figures revealed more than a fifth (22%) of secondary pupils missed school on November 26 due to Covid-19 for the second week in a row.

Self-isolating students who miss one or more exams can also still get a grade if they have completed a proportion of their qualification.