Disgraceful school meal boxes slammed in England - but this is what families get in Wales
Images have emerged online of woefully inadequate school meals parcels sent to families in England
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A free school meals parcel in Caerphilly for a family of three for two weeks (left) has been praised. The image of this meal sent out in England (right) has been widely condemned (Image: Caerphilly Council/@RoadsideMum/Twitter)
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By Sean Coughlan
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image captionWhile GCSEs and A-levels are being cancelled, the IGCSE exams will go ahead this summer
The IGCSE exams, usually only taken in private schools, are still going ahead this summer - even though GCSEs and A-levels have been cancelled.
Exam boards that run IGCSEs plan to offer them, while many other exams have been stopped by the pandemic.
IGCSE qualifications, alternative exams to GCSEs, are not usually available in state schools.
Pupils in England whose A-levels and GCSEs are cancelled will depend on replacement grades from teachers.
But Education Secretary Gavin Williamson s scrapping of exams this summer does not apply to students taking IGCSEs.
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