Teachers will be asked to judge more than 1.2 million pupils “on what they have been taught” and will not use previous grades as a guide. The papersThe Guardian leads on the decision to hand the fate of exam results over to teachers with the headline “Teachers get sweeping powers to decide exam results in England”. The Times says “Schools told to work out their own exam grades” and the Telegraph has “Summer exams to be voluntary”. The Yorkshire Post says “Minister to ‘trust teachers’ on exam grades”. Sign upSubscribe to the Guardian morning briefingThe Guardian morning briefing is delivered to thousands of inboxes bright and early every weekday.

Source: The Guardian February 25, 2021 06:11 UTC