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'Homicidal' Boris's rage at Williamson
The Sentinel
|October 22, 2025
BORIS Johnson considered sacking Sir Gavin Williamson over the 2020 exam results fiasco which left him in a “homicidal mood", the Covid Inquiry has heard.
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The scandal saw the Department for Education forced into a U-turn after its algorithm intended to prevent grade inflation saw 40% of predicted results downgraded, resulting in public outcry.
The algorithm was subsequently scrapped, with children being awarded the grades predicted by their teachers when 2020 GCSE and A-level exams were scrapped.
This story is from the October 22, 2025 edition of The Sentinel.
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