not had the specialist provision that every other child they re competing with in the exam season has had. what could extra help for exam students look like? ideas we ve heard about include teachers assessing students grades like they did when exams were cancelled because of the pandemic, grades being assessed on a case by case basis, or schools being given a blanket percentage increase on their results. tthejoint council for qualifications says exam boards have extended coursework deadlines and england s exams regulator 0fqual says schools should reach out for support. but the department for education said in a statement, it is not possible to make changes to exams and assessments for only some groups of students to address the impact of variable disruption to teaching. st leonard s catholic school in durham says dealing with raac has been an extremely challenging experience forfamilies, students and staff, and it s in discussions to ensure its students are not disadvantaged. nicol
i just thought of year 13. it had such like a shocking effect on us. i cried, because it was very, like, worrying. we re using stanley knives and rulers instead of the laser cutter, which obviously it makes it pretty difficult. this will affect us for the whole of our course, and it s notjust going to be like a little problem. it is a big problem. we re going to be doing an experiment. not a bunsen burner in sight in this science lesson, not even any test tubes. hadley high school in suffolk has had to close all of its science labs and fill the playground with two storey temporary classrooms. they re cold, they re echoey. i ve got different staff in and out because we re trying to be fair so that not everybody teaches permanently in a cold classroom. what help do you want to see for students taking their exams this year? i would like the exam boards to understand that our children have not had the specialist provision that every other child they re competing with in the exam season has
i would like the exam boards to understand that our children have not had the specialist provision that every other child they re competing with in the exam season has had. england s exams regulator says it has extended coursework deadlines and schools should reach out for support. schools want more help, though, such as percentage increases on exam results. but the department for education says it is not possible to make changes to exams and assessments for only some groups of students. st leonard s catholic school in durham says it s an extremely challenging experience forfamilies, students and staff, and it s in discussions to ensure its students are not disadvantaged. nicola cooke wants special consideration for her son, who has his a levels coming up at the school. he said to me the other day, oh, mama, i m kissing my a stars goodbye. i m not going to be able to get that now. and i was like, ok, well, do you still think you ll get the grades that you need to get into your chosen u
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