Labour leader Keir Starmer says the Tories’ exam grades fiasco sums up their “incompetent” handling of the pandemic. Ministers were finally forced into another screeching U-turn today to quell fury over the debacle.
The Tories caved in to demands to use teachers’ predictions for A-level, AS-level and GCSE results, instead of the bungled computer formula.
There are fears thousands of pupils have already accepted spots on their second choice courses – and could miss out on their first preference due to the Government’s foul-up.
University chiefs have called for extra support to cope with an expected surge for places. There was anger after the exam regulator’s algorithm downgraded 40% of teachers’ predictions for A-level results – with pupils
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