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Home Education: GradesCovid-19

Monday 7 September 2020 · 1 question

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Key points

  • Mark Pawsey asked about steps to allocate grades to home-educated students affected by the covid-19 outbreak.
  • Ella Hampson, a private candidate, missed her GCSEs due to the outbreak and is unable to progress to college.
  • Department expects schools and colleges to enter students for the autumn series if they were planned for the summer series.

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Mark Pawsey Con Banbury
Education
Context

Ella Hampson, a year 10 home-educated student, was due to take several GCSEs early but missed out on estimated grades and autumn examinations.

Question

What steps is his Department taking to allocate grades to home-educated students who were unable to take public examinations as a result of the covid-19 outbreak? Ella Hampson, my constituent, has been left without a grade and cannot progress to college. She was due to sit GCSEs early but missed out on estimated grades and autumn exams due to her age.

Answer from Nick Gibb (Minister of State for School Standards)

Private candidates who were entered for the summer series or where the school intended to enter them for the summer are eligible to enter the autumn series. The candidate's age is not relevant; we expect schools and colleges that entered students for the summer series to do so again in the autumn.

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