The easy-to-use ‘Student guide to awarding: summer 2021’ – published today by the qualifications regulator – is written for students. It complements the materials that have already been published for teachers.
It also contains important advice on where students in England and their families can go for more information and support, including with mental health concerns.
The guide reminds students, parents and carers not to put teachers under pressure over grading.
It states:
The government has said that many exams and assessments cannot be held fairly this year as a result of the disruption students have faced due to the pandemic.
Your teachers will instead submit grades to the exam boards, based on their assessment of what you have shown you know and can do, enabling you to progress to the next stage of your education, training, or employment.
Interim Chief Regulator Simon Lebus said:
The arrangements we have put in place offer the fairest way forward and it is important that students, parents and the wider public have confidence in this year’s…
