No exams this summer

[noblegiraffe]

Blimey.

Waiting for more details about this.

Blimey indeed. I'm watching and waiting for more details. How are they planning on working that out?

I'm in shock here. What the hell are they going to do?

They said that pupils will get the qualifications they need.

And Boris said he wouldn't go into details about how and when. So it's safe to assume he doesn't have any idea about how and when.

What on earth do we tell the kids tomorrow? We’ve been planning online revision work which assumes they’ll sit exams - with no further info, why would they do anything for the rest of the year?

They already know, Noble. It’s all over SM. Dd is inconsolable.

I know we won’t need to tell them exams are cancelled, but what do we tell them to do?

Other year groups will have work to do. What will they have to do? Revise for cancelled exams?

Really worried they’ll be completely adrift and fall apart.

I'm going to teach year 13 their double like normal. I haven't gone to the effort of cramming the rest course into a week to give up now, if only for my own satisfaction.

The exact wording seemed to leave the possibility of exams in July and August, horrid as that would be?

Same @noblegiraffe. Why would my Yr 11s bother with any work if exams are to be cancelled? Or will they be postponed, in which case they still need to work?

The rest of the course

Wouldn’t it have been nice if the teaching profession had been informed first?

Maybe it will be realised that the Yr2/6 sats are pointless and not really needed and that GCSEs need to bring the coursework element back and not just rely on final exams. As for those doing a levels - well they have chosen to do them so should be willing to carry on studying. If they don't bother they obviously aren't that fussed about getting a levels.

They cant expect them to potentially have a few months gap in there teaching and then sit them at a later date though surely.

DS will not learn anywhere close to as much working at home as what he would have at school, especially with all the extra interventions and revision sessions they had going on.

The examining bodies already have a procedure in place. It's used every year for students who can't sit an exam for a myriad of reasons. It's predicted grades and they will work with schools to award the qualifications

It's not perfect but it's better than any other scenario

That's reassuring grannycakes thanks

That’s not true for pupils in England, granny, that’s not the procedure at all.

I believe it is the case in Scotland and for IGCSEs.

Today I was asked to provide predicted grades. Usually a quick and unimportant job. Now I am worried - could these be used to allocate real grades? Luckily mine are all on track for 9s and A*s (honest, guv).

My son is fucked if it's predicted grades. He got 2s in his mocks in December. But has been working at least 2 hours a day since the. And I took half term off and spent 5 hours a day with him revising and going through course work.

He probably would haven ended up with 4s. It's a nightmare.

No exam marking then.... I usually use this money to survive the summer holidays as a supply teacher

Hadn’t even thought about that, wine. Bloody hell.

The more I think about this the more angry I am. I’ve spent hours putting together revision packs in anticipation of schools closing. Now what? I have no idea what we’re going to tell the students - if the government don’t know it would have been better to say nothing, if they have any sort of plan it would be courteous at least to tell us first.

ExServiceWoman

I wouldn't want to use the mocks for any predictions that I would make.
Some pupils are just getting in to the stride with this and I would give a final predicted grade after they finished their NEA.

I'm gutted about the exam marking money too.

However I'm mostly disappointed for the students who have worked so hard. Mocks or teacher assessment wouldn't be fair. But I can't see another way.

No performance tables this year.

So not sure what will happen.