Author: Shiva Sharad Pillai

Boris Johnson has announced that, due to the pandemic and its affects, the 2021 exams wouldn’t be administered. The grading system to be used appears to be the predicated grade marking method that was used for the first cancelled exam.  He announced that summer tests aren’t “possible or fair” for the nation’s kids and revealed…

Wales has announced that they will not be going forward with the 2021 exam and they will be graded based on classroom assessments. These exams will be starting in the second part of their spring terms.  Read more at our sourceSource

CIE has announced that they will be adjusting the grades that students have already been received and will be giving new grades based on more on predicted grades. CIE has also made clear that the new grades that you will be given will not be lower than that of your predicted grades. The grades will…

The grades for the examinations that have been cancelled were not accepted as is. The grades were put through a computer algorithm instead of teachers where they considered not only the child’s predicted grades but also the historical grades of the child’s school are area. This could cause drastic changes in grades where most are…

Ofqual has announced that they will provide a choice on which students will be examined for the GCSE history, ancient history and English lit subjects. They will also remove the requirement for schools to declare the number of hours students have spent in fieldwork in relevant subjects.  Similar changes will be made for GCSE, AS,…