Unions said that the meeting on Monday (October 5) – with schools minister Nick Gibb, Ofqual’s chief regulator Glenys Stacey, and DfE officials – was “useful” but have raised concerns about the delays and consequent lack of clarity for schools.
At the meeting, Ofqual asked for a further two weeks to come up with proposals surrounding next year’s examinations.
Before the crunch talks, the five education unions had published a blueprint for how next year’s exams might take place, including how students who are unable to sit exams in the summer, or whose education has been very significantly disrupted, will “nevertheless receive robust, reliable grades”.
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