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Top story: No backup plan for 2021 exams
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The governmentâs refusal to draw up schooling contingency plans before a second lockdown â insisting schools in England would remain open this year and exams would go ahead â was an âunforgivableâ error that left teachers and parents in England to deal with chaos, the Institute for Government has said. Its report claims senior figures from the prime minister down opposed creating backup plans for assessing A-levels, GCSEs and other qualifications. A Department for Education spokesperson said: âContrary to the claims in this report, contingency plans for restrictions on schools opening in the 2021-22 academic year were first published in August 2020, and contingency plans for qualifications in 2021 were first discussed with Ofqual in October 2020.â
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