Ofqual boss threatens to quit unless Education Secretary Gavin Williamson gives him public backing
It comes after days of criticism over the A-Level and GCSE resultsCredit: SWNS:South West News Service
He believed that Mr Williamson blamed him for the fiasco and on Wednesday demanded a public statement of support, according toThat duly arrived, with the Department for Education then saying that it had “full confidence” in the embattled exams regulator. The statement also revealed for the first time that Ofqual had decided to pull the plug on standardisation, not Mr Williamson – despite impressions the minister had given in interviews over previous days.On that date, he instructed them to come up with a new system.from their first choice universities.
Compounding the error, the DfE was unable to inspect Ofqual’s work until it was released to the public last week, despite Mr Williamson receiving multiple “assurances” about the algorithm. It comes after Mr Taylor apologised for the debacle on Monday, but described how "Ofqual was asked by the Secretary of State to develop a system for awarding calculated grades".The news comes days after Mr Williamson is said to have offered to resign as Education Secretary.The under-fire Cabinet minister is facing mounting pressure from Tories over the chaotic
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