Gavin Williamson facing sack over exam and education chaos in pandemic

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Williamson is reportedly keen to remain in post and after running Boris Johnson’s leadership campaign in 2019 he has told colleagues he ‘knows where the bodies are’,

Beleagured education secretary Gavin Williamson could be axed from his job in the next reshuffle after two years of chaos in the education system during the Covid pandemic.

Ms Badenoch raised eyebrows last year when she criticised ‘certain people’ calling for changes to the history curriculum in the wake of theShe also came under scrutiny over her decision earlier this year to publish emails from journalist Nadine White on social media, accusing her of ‘creepy and bizarre’ behaviour.

Meanwhile, Labour has called on the government to rethink its priorities after record numbers of students were awarded the top grades at A-level.Possible replacements for Gavin Williamson include Kemi Badenoch For the second year in succession, students were given marks based on assessment by their teachers, not exams.

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