Education Secretary Gavin Williamson confirmed exams would go ahead next summer after the disastrous decision to cancel A-Levels and GCSEs this year
Most A-Level and GCSE exams will be delayed by three weeks next summer due to the coronavirus crisis, the Government has announced.
Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said exams would go ahead in 2021 but pupils would be given more time to prepare after months away from the classroom following school closures.
Summer exams will start on 7 June and end on 2 July for almost all AS/A levels and GCSEs.
A-Level students will get their results on 24 August, with GCSEs on 27 August – allowing students to start the academic year as normal.
Exams were cancelled this summer to due the pandemic – leading to chaos for students whose marks were downgraded by an algorithm.
Amid a public outcry, the Government was forced to make a humiliating u-turn and allow students to keep their teacher-predicted grades.
Announcing the plans, Mr Williamson said: “Fairness to pupils is my priority, and will continue to be at the forefront of every decision we take in the lead up to exams next summer.
“Exams are the fairest way of judging a student’s performance so they will go ahead, underpinned by contingency measures developed in partnership with the sector.
“Students have experienced considerable disruption and it’s right we give them, and their teachers, the certainty that exams will go ahead and more time to prepare.”
