Angry teachers and parents learn of GCSE and A-level exams shake-up from media
The Independent|October 01, 2021
Teachers and parents have been left frustrated after finding out about confirmed changes to GCSE and A-level exams in 2022 from the media.
ZOE TIDMAN
Angry teachers and parents learn of GCSE and A-level exams shake-up from media

The government has announced that next year’s exams in England will be adapted in light of the disruption to education caused by the Covid pandemic, with topic choices and support materials introduced in some subjects.

But some teachers and parents complained on social media after reading about the changes in yesterday’s newspapers before any official announcement was made. Kit Andrew told The Independent he was “grumpy” after hearing news that would affect his daughter, who is preparing to sit GCSEs, first in the media.

The primary school headteacher said he felt “irritated as a parent” and also “sympathy” for secondary school colleagues. “The info should come to school staff and pupils, and then be disseminated to parents before or at least at the same time as media,” he told The Independent.

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