Tag: exams
Summer exams: the dismal efforts of ministers and the exams regulator...
I don’t want to say I told you so: but I told you so. Back in September I predicted that the GCSE and A...
Welcome to Hokey-Cokey education policy
As government promises news on schools reopening and summer exams, retired headteacher Bernard Trafford reckons it’s safest to assume that what will actually happen...
“Here’s another fine mess you’ve gotten us into, Gavin!”
Remember Laurel and Hardy? Their immortal moments of knockabout slapstick comedy were predictable but always hilarious. If they were set the task of carrying...
Ministers are floundering into exam chaos: but it’s candidates who’ll suffer
On 30th September I published a piece on Voice of the North about next year’s (summer 2021) public exams. I predicted that, notwithstanding their...
A level and GCSE exams won’t take place as “normal” in...
As one in six schools has year-groups sent home due to Covid outbreaks, and pupil progress is affected as a result, education bodies are...
Edu-Chaos and Injustice: even the Tory chair of the Education...
Well, you read it here first. It's a couple of weeks now since retired headteacher and Voice of the North author Bernard Trafford first...
Boris’s billions for building may boost schools but baffle parents
Following the Prime Minister’s statement on Tuesday outlining his vision for an expansionist, prosperous future, Thursday is scheduled to bring an announcement from the...
