Pupils both relieved and upset as GCSEs and A-levels cancelled Published image captionGCSEs and A-levels have been cancelled in England due to the pandemic GCSE and A-level students are set to have their grades decided by teachers after the exams were cancelled in England due to coronavirus. Grades will be determined by a combination of mock exams, coursework and essays. Schools minister Nick Gibb said the government did not think it was "fair for students to sit the exams in the normal way". But what do students make of the decision? The BBC has spoken to four teenagers who were due to sit GCSEs and A-levels to get their reaction.