A-level students in England will be able to use grades in mock exams to progress to university and college
"This is just to give a safety net for any student who might fall through the system.
He has called for statutory guidance to require colleges and universities to show greater flexibility in admissions and wants ministers to prevent GCSE maths and English results being downgraded below the lowest pass grade. "It's terribly worrying and unfair to students to be put in this position just before the results are issued," she said.
"The clue is in the name 'mock'. And some students will not have taken them by the time that schools were closed in March. So, this immediately creates the potential for massive inconsistency."Some unions have gone further, with both the National Union of Students and the University and College Union calling on the government to scrap moderated grades altogether.
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