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By Katherine Sellgren
image captionTeachers will be responsible for deciding grades this year
Parents should not pressurise teachers, but trust their judgement as they award GCSE and A-level grades this summer, says England s exams regulator.
For the second year running, teachers grades will be used following the cancellation of exams due to Covid-19.
Simon Lebus, acting head of Ofqual, said teachers judgement was considered to be pretty reliable .
But he urged parents not to put teachers under pressure or make them uncomfortable over grade decisions.
The acting chief regulator was giving evidence to the Commons Education Select Committee on Tuesday.
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