Teachers. If schools close, will you have enough data to grade GCSES? Please make me feel better.

[Lucyandbet]

If they're cancelled again. 2020s results were a mess and I'm becoming so worried about my DD due to do exams in 2021. Obviously they were out of school for a significant amount of time in year 10 and most have had major disruption last term. If schools are shut to the majority again, how on earth will there be a sufficient of work done in school for teachers to base a mark on. I have a horrible feeling this is going to be massively unfair for loads of DC. Please reassure me, I was so looking forward to a break over Christmas but now I can't stop worrying.

This is something that is really worrying me too. Dd in year 11, in the north west and her year have just been in and out for the whole autumn term, it’s hardly been ideal. They were supposed to do mocks in Oct, delayed to Dec and then delayed again to Jan. and now who knows! She hasn’t done a proper exam since her year 6 SATS and her predictions are still based on that! School have been pinning everything on banging out the revision and mocks straight after Xmas. It’s a disaster.