Editorial: The prime minister and education secretary had plenty of time to plan for A-level results but do not seem to have used it well
he education secretary has had since March to do his homework on how to deal with the predictable consequences of cancelling public. He does not seem to have used that time well. Even after the crisis in Scotland that erupted last week, which warned him of the political costs of using an algorithm to generate exam grades, his last-minute cramming seems to have been to no good effect.
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