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UK Article:

What is happening with schools and exams in England?

Primary Schools :

According to government guidance, from January, Primary Schools would remain closed until the 8th of March at the earliest date, With the exclusion of vulnerable students or those under a select category such as those with front line workers, pupils would be educated at home.

Various parents originally struggled to balance work lives with that of young children. With lessons being conducted on zoom, thousands of pounds were raised to accommodate new expenditure costs so students could continue their learning in a suitable manner, famous stars also came together to read to the young children, as-well as set up activities to help parents accommodate their children physical needs also, such as Joe Wicks, who set up PE classes for students to follow at home.

Secondary Schools:

Following the knowledge that exams, such as GCSEs would not be commencing in 2021, the results of what instead would be replacing them, was introduced by Education Secretary Gavin Williamson, The results of students will be decided by teacher assessed grades, these will be based of previously completed work and previous examinations. Furthermore, these results will be released earlier in August than usual to accommodate for challenging of allocated grades.

A similar thing will be happening with Colleges, the results of A-levels will be determined by previous results and a collection of class work and previous data.