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2022 exams "changes are likely to be needed 'to take account of learning loss and disruption'". Meanwhile this disruption gets exacerbated as teachers & leaders are forced to expend their time & energy on the impossible task of grading... 1/4 https://inews.co.uk/news/education/gcses-a-level-exams-return-normal-form-2022-unlikely-ofqual-968446
... rather than being able to plan for and teach all year groups properly. The more years this goes on for, the bigger the cumulative impact will be. There's so much important work which isn't getting the attention it deserves. 2/4
As HoD I've had to delay and back-pedal on some really valuable work, which would benefit many students across multiple year groups for the long term, because we just haven't got staff capacity. 3/4
The sooner we have clarity, certainty and rigorous, consistent assessment back again, the sooner we will be able to get back to developing and teaching the rigorous curriculum our students deserve and which is the best thing for them. 4/4
