2019 GCSEs and A levels may not take place?

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Very worrying from Kent County Council.
Making contingency plans for Crash Out/No Deal Brexit.
Looks like LAs are preparing for exams to be compromised at least, cancelled at worst.

As previously stated there are lots of possible contingency plans that schools can make to ensure that as many pupils as possible are able to sit exams.
On an international scale, international GCSE and A level exams still took place in Nepal in 2015 following the earthquake and in Indonesia in 2004 following the tsunami. Compared to those events, some travel disruption due to Brexit isn't that significant.

So. With events in HOC yesterday.

Crash Out is confirmed government policy.

Who's had confirmation from their LA that exams will take place?

Mine was unable to.

Why would brexit affect exams in say Newcastle?

Kent has very specific travel issues because of its geography. Of course exams would still take place. There may have to be some changes made around transport difficulties, but it's not like we don't know exams are going to happen and KCC are just considering contingencies for worst case scenario.

I seriously think you should give your head a wobble or by March 29th you are going to be seriously ill with anxiety.

Crash Out is confirmed government policy.

And as for the above, what nonsense. Yep all Theresa May has been trying to do for the last 2 years is work towards a no deal brexit. sarcasm. Because she's a Tory and Tories are evil aren't they. more sarcasm.

Nobody is denying this whole brexit business is a shit heap, but keep calm and carry on.

Of course no one is going to promise they will take place, in case idiots come along and try to sue. But the whole point of risk assessment is to imagine the worst and then plan against it. They way you are going on makes it sound likely not just not impossible.

It is KCC's job to worry about stuff like this. There is no point you worrying about it, it won't change anything unless you are a HT or something.
If you have a child doing GCSEs/A levels this summer you have to prepare for them the same. If you live a distance from the school, maybe start thinking of your own mitigation activities such as thinking whether your DC can stay over at a friend's house.

Why would brexit affect exams in say Newcastle?

Maybe OP knows something about operation stack that we don't - that the government plans to not only use the M20 as a lorry park, but the M25 and all of the M1 too...

Schools can grind to a halt very quickly for all sorts of reasons so I think it is very sensible for a county to put in place contingency plans. The exam period should be a priority. Not sure how/if other counties will be affected.

I do have a very black picture of how this will play out but of all the things to worry abou, I dont think this is one. Although Kent will be worse affected by traffic chaos than most so they are right to be thinking about it.

No, titchy I'm just trying to glean information from LA's and Gov's limited press releases on how crash out brexit will affect goods and services from March 30th onwards.

And particularly how it will affect the 2019 exam co hort.

Depression about the possibility of a no-deal Brexit has meant that I’ve given up teaching my exam classes and we just sit in a darkened room crying instead of doing maths. If it all turns out to be fine I’ve got a lot of content to get through post-March.

Add that to your list of concerns.

noble

@NobleGiraffe
Can we please have you as Education Minister

Depression about the possibility of a no-deal Brexit has meant that I’ve given up teaching my exam classes and we just sit in a darkened room crying instead of doing maths. If it all turns out to be fine I’ve got a lot of content to get through post-March

Add that to your list of concerns

Michael Gove is probably about to become PM.

He's funded by the 'no dealers'

Imagine looking kids in the eyes and telling them how a no deal brexit will cancel their exams.

Having read your last post, I presume you wouldn't care, but love Gove.

Enjoy.