Boris Johnson has cancelled A Level and GCSE exams as he closes all primary and secondary schools under England's third national lockdown. (PUBLISHED: 18:28 GMT, 4 January 2021)
Education Minister Kirsty Williams has today (Tuesday 10 November ) confirmed Wales’ approach for qualifications in 2021 and her decision that there will be no end of year exams for learners taking GCSEs, AS levels or A levels.
The Minister outlined:
that in place of exams, the Welsh Government intended to work with schools and colleges to take forward teacher-managed assessments
that this should include assessments that will be externally set and marked but delivered within a classroom environment under teacher supervision
her expectation this work will form the basis for centre-based outcomes which will be linked to an agreed national approach to provide consistency across Wales