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Qualification with and if you are not happy_ qualification with and if you are not happy with that outcome, you can then go— not happy with that outcome, you can then go to _ not happy with that outcome, you can then go to quual. just not happy with that outcome, you can then go to 0fqual._ then go to quual. just to pause there. i then go to quual. just to pause there- i was _ then go to quual. just to pause there. i was 16 _ then go to quual. just to pause there. i was 16 and _ then go to quu...

Year. but next year, with the return of exams, there are big questions. already, thoughts are turning to how they need to be modified. many of they need to be modified. many of the students who will be facing gcses and a—levels, national, hires in scotland next year, will also have missed substantial amounts. and exams are going to have to take account of that. and the pandemic has revealed so many divides about how children are growing up in our society. divides that we are seeing into days e...

All that turmoil inside. but the children, like i said, ive been humbled by their characters, how theyve come out still smiling, and to receive these results, its just been wow. with exams cancelled and replaced with teacher—assessed grades, this headteacher says the different approach means comparisons with previous years are unhelpful. i just dont think this is a year that we can compare to previous years. its a very different context. the materials were published online, the students had ac...

The way students have been marked has changed, but that doesn’t mean they don’t deserve their grades.

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Into western scotland and northern ireland, along with north west england by the end of the afternoon. here, those temperatures, again, into the high teens as a maximum. but further south and east, highs of 24 degrees. hello, this is bbc news with victoria derbyshire. the headlines — thousands of civilians are fleeing major afghan cities as the taliban continue their rapid advance, prompting a humanitarian crisis. our reporter has gained exclusive access to areas under the groups control. a 57...

If we dont do something intentional about it, we will have growing inequality in our education system. uk students taking a—levels, scottish highers and vocational qualifications have been subject to teacher—assessed grading to calculate their grades. in a recent pre—pandemic years, the government in england has put a higherfocus on exam day performance. the fairest means of assessing - people is by continuous assessment, and the only way that can be done properly is if teachers _ are taug...