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Correspondent adam fleming. good morning. there is pressure on the government to look at the system, isn't there?— the government to look at the system, isn't there? there are two issues that — system, isn't there? there are two issues that have _ system, isn't there? there are two issues that have emerged - system, isn't there? there are two issues that have emerged from - system, isn't there? there are two| issues that have emerged from this year set of results that we got yesterday, the first one is that they are out of work compared with previous years with lots of a and a*s, and it al...

For students from all backgrounds, and the relative increase of the proportion of top marks compared with last year is no higher in independent schools than in other schools. but the government may now consider changes over concerns about grade inflation. one possible idea is replacing the a*—e system with the numbers 9 to 1. there's also debate about how next year's exams should be run. what we want from a national examination system, most importantly, is that all students are treated fairly and consistently with one another, that they have the same opportunity to demonstrate what they've l...

The latest government coronavirus figures show there were 29,612 new infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period, which means on average there were a little over 28,000 new cases per day in the last week. nearly 6,000 people are in hospital with coronavirus. 104 deaths were recorded in the last 2a hours, which means an average of 87 deaths a day in the last week. 89% of adults in the uk have now had theirfirstjab and just short of a0 million people have had both jabs — 76% of adults. teaching unions are warning minisiters not to rush into an overhaul of the a—level exam system after...

Worry. this is to do with the differential _ worry. this is to do with the differential experience - worry. this is to do with the differential experience that | worry. this is to do with the i differential experience that our young people have had. since the pandemic began, there's always been an equity gap in this country, but during the pandemic, some of our youngsters had access to digital resources. they were able to learn online uninterrupted. 0thers resources. they were able to learn online uninterrupted. others had a much more difficult time. that's in the results. there were geographi...

For students from all backgrounds, and the relative increase of the proportion of top marks compared with last year is no higher in independent schools than in other schools. but the government may now consider changes over concerns about grade inflation. one possible idea is replacing the a*—e system with the numbers 9 to 1. there's also debate about how next year's exams should be run. what we want from a national examination system, most importantly, is that all students are treated fairly and consistently with one another, that they have the same opportunity to demonstrate what they've l...