Now schools set their OWN exams: Head teachers prepare to hold mock tests so pupils can have robust grades while some students could still sit international GCSEs – as 92% of teachers say Gavin Williamson should resign

Schools now plan to hold their own mock exams after Gavin Williamson failed to explain how staff will be able to accurately grade GCSE and A-level students as teachers near-unanimously called for the Education Secretary to resign, it was revealed today. Headteachers have said they have ‘no choice’ but to test their pupils in some way after Mr Williamson’s ‘vague statement’ in the Commons yesterday axed exams but did not say what would replace them. Private schools have said they will set mocks for when their children return later in the year and suggested some may sit international GCSEs, which are still going ahead this summer. State schools are waiting for guidance from exams regulator Ofqual before deciding whether to follow suit. It came as an ITV News poll of 6,000 teachers found that 92 per cent believe Mr Williamson should resign immediately over the exams debacle and his threat to sue councils for shutting schools because of Covid – just days before closing them all himself until mid-February. Magnus Bashaarat, head of Bedales School in Hampshire, who is calling for the minister to quit or be fired said today: ‘No one actually involved in education has confidence in Mr Williamson’s ability… Read full this story

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