Due to lockdown restrictions being imposed across all of England, schools are once again closed. Students are receiving remote education and, whilst some are flourishing, others (if not most) are finding it tough to make progress.

With this in mind, the government has cancelled GCSE and A Level examinations for 2021. There now needs to be some speedy decisions made about how students can be assessed in order to award them the grades they deserve.

With this in mind, the government has launched an open consultation, to garner opinions about how best to go about this very complex process.

You can find the online consultation here.

An example of the sort of questions you will be asked.

The government has outlined their proposals here in this document.

I have read the full (45-page!) document, but you could answer the consultation without doing so. It’s very important that young people have a voice so if you have a child in Year 11 or Year 13, I’d recommend that you fill it in alongside them.

The consultation closes on 29th January.