towards amman. he fell to the ground and died at the scene for sub inquest here, victoria, continues tomorrow and is expected to go into next week. . ~ , ., next week. thank you, ellen wilkinson next week. thank you, ellen wilkinson reporting. - next week. thank you, ellen i wilkinson reporting. helena wilkinson reporting. helena wilkinson. there are calls for an overhaul of the way a levels are assessed and graded in the future, after this year s results saw record numbers given top marks. almost 45% of entries in england, wales and northern ireland were awarded a or a star, fuelling concerns that soaring grades risk undermining confidence in the system. ministers are reported to be looking at replacing the traditional a to e grades with numbers, similar to gcses. sean dilley reports. the ring of success could barely resonate louder for many students across the uk still celebrating a top year for marks. but now the government is under pressure to review the way qualification
morning that the classic a level system of letter grades could be replaced by the numbers one to nine, like gcses. it is still speculation at the moment, but not being ruled out. the plan is to have a different system in place for exams in 2022 and exams themselves would return to normal in 2023 but still the assessments around the exams, the grading, the marking, how it is compared to previous years there has been disruption, that may have to be tweaked for many years to come, because the disruption has been to all years in schooling, notjust people sitting exams this year that were at home doing their classes on a laptop, it is everyone. my goodness- a laptop, it is everyone. my goodness. speculation in the news paper about the position of gavin williamson, anything in it or is it just speculation? tt is williamson, anything in it or is it just speculation? just speculation? it is not new speculation just speculation? it is not new speculation because just speculation? it is n
years of children have had their education effected as they go to the system. there was a consultation earlier this year run by the department for education and the exam regulator quual looking at things like, do you allow a slimmed down curriculum, do you give pupils more notice about what they will be asked in exams to help them, and do you provide worksheets to help them in the exam room? and then this big idea of replacing the letter grades for a levels with numbers that look more like gcses? the government says that they will look at the results of the consultation which closed a couple of weeks ago and look at those response responses to the consultation to consultation and those response responses to the consultation and also look at the results this year. it’s consultation and also look at the results this year. results this year. it s so much to think about, results this year. it s so much to think about, thank results this year. it s so much to think about, thank
good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. there are calls for an overhaul of the way a levels are assessed and graded in the future, after this year s results saw record numbers given top marks. almost 45% of entries in england, wales and northern ireland were awarded a or a , fuelling concerns that soaring grades risk undermining confidence in the system. ministers are reported to be looking at replacing the traditional a to e grades with numbers, similar to gcses. sean dilley reports. the ring of success could barely resonate louder for many students across the uk, still celebrating a top year for marks, but now the government is under pressure to review the way qualifications are assessed and concerns have been raised about the attainment gap between fee paying schools in england where around seven in ten students achieved a or a compared
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