Lib Dems call for next year's GCSE and A Level exams to be scrapped
Cllr Dan Boatright, a teacher at a sixth form college, is calling for GCSE and A level exams to be scrapped for 2021 and replaced them with moderated teacher assessment grades.
Cllr Dan Boatright, a teacher at a sixth form college, is calling for GCSE and A level exams to be scrapped for 2021 and replaced them with moderated teacher assessment grades.
The coronavirus pandemic has brought new focus on the issue of child hunger, but this is a not a new problem. The absence of any support equivalent to free school meals in the holidays is a long overlooked problem. Now families have the added worry of how they will access school meals during lockdowns too.
The government plans to completely change the planning process in England have caused outrage by local Liberal Democrat councillors.
Confusion has arisen as to why a hillside in Malvern has been churned up by heavy machinery.
Lib Dem Cllr Dan Boatright, who called for the chaos in the 2020 exam series to end says he is relieved students are now getting the grades they deserve after the government's U-turn, but has described recent days as "chaotic".