To think 2021 exam results certificates should include a Covid disruption statement?

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Given the CAG/calculated grade problems in 2020, it's unlikely that 2021 exams will be cancelled. There's lots of debate about how they can be made as fair as possible, e.g. cutting down the syllabus or having more optionality so all students can find questions on areas of the syllabus they've covered. In addition to all that, I think it would be good for each student's certificate to (optionally) include a personalised Covid disruption statement from their school to indicate how many teaching days they lost due to ‘circumstances related to coronavirus'. This information is formally recorded in attendance registers so would be easy to provide and would help to put individual results into perspective.

Once you get accepted on an A-level or other FE course, your actual GCSE results don't matter unless it's a subject you go on to study at university (and admissions tutors would already know from the dates that you did GCSEs in a Covid-affected year group). Likewise, once you have started a degree nobody cares much what A Level results you got. As an employer, I look for certificates for qualifications specifically relevant for the job. A candidate's degree classification may be important, and I might be interested in seeing a track record of academic success but I wouldn't want to have to read through statements of attendance or the online learning provision from their school/college and make another judgement call on it.