Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has called for a return to teacher assessments for A-level results “and urgent action to avoid the same injustice for GCSE students.”
“Weeks of chaos, confusion and incompetence,” he tweeted this afternoon, as dozens protested in central London against the downgrading of students pupils based on an algorithm.
“Boris Johnson has been invisible during this crisis. He needs to take personal responsibility, and fix it.”
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The leader of the opposition added: “We need a return to teacher assessments for A-level results and urgent action to avoid the same injustice for GCSE students.”
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