Boris Johnson urged to intervene as exam results anger escalates
Labour calls on PM to cancel planned break as Tory MPs deluged with complaints Boris Johnson has been urged to get a grip on the...
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Ofqual suspends A-level appeal criteria hours after announcing them
Process for challenging grades on basis of mock results ‘being reviewed’, says exams regulator for England Students in England must meet eight criteria to appeal...
Controversial exams algorithm to set 97% of GCSE results
4.6 million will not reflect teachers’ grades, with more downgraded than in A-level fiasco Nearly 5 million GCSEs will this week be awarded using a...
Obama denounces Trump bid to deter voters with attack on post office
USPS warns mail-in votes might not arrive in time to be counted Obama: president trying to ‘actively kneecap’ postal service There are growing fears over...
GCSEs: 2 million results set to be downgraded, researchers warn
Exclusive: analysis suggests disadvantaged pupils will be even worse hit than in A-levels debacle Two million GCSE grades recommended by teachers are to be downgraded...
UK coronavirus live: France could quarantine British travellers in retaliation over new rules
French move comes after UK added country to quarantine list as well as Netherlands, Malta, Turks and Caicos, and Aruba UK adds France to 14-day...
Israel signs historic deal with UAE that will ‘suspend’ West Bank annexation
Trump hails US-brokered pact as ‘peace agreement’ but cracks quickly appear as Netanyahu denies change of plan Israel and the United Arab Emirates have agreed...
A-level results: almost 40% of teacher assessments in England downgraded
Ofqual figures show 39.1% of 700,000 teacher assessments were lowered by at least one grade A-level results – live updates Teachers in England had nearly...
Ministers braced for backlash as England’s teachers despair at A-levels fiasco
Students prepare for results day amid growing revolt, with some schools seeing 50% or more of grades revised down Headteachers across England last night expressed...
Covid-19: UK economy plunges into deepest recession since records began
GDP falls 20.4% – the worst of any G7 nation in the three months to June UK falls into recession – live business update Analysis:...