DEBATE: Should national exams in 2021 be cancelled? Emily Horton is a fellow at Year Here and former journalist for The London Student and Keith Straughan Professor Keith Straughan is chief executive of Axiologs and one of the developers of online testing platform Tenjin Is it safe to hold GCSE and A-level exams – or fair not to? In light of Covid disruption, should England follow Wales and cancel 2021’s national exams? That would probably be best No, the vaccine is here now Let's wait until the new year Emily Horton, fellow at Year Here and former journalist for The London Student, says YES