GCSE results 2022: Teenagers face nervous wait for grades today with fewer set to get top marks and passes | The Sun
TEENAGERS are this morning nervously waiting for their GCSE results after studying hard for the last year.
It comes as overall grades for GCSEs are expected to be lower than in 2020 and 2021, but "that's very much part of the plan", an education minister has said.
Will Quince told Sky News: "The results will be out very, very soon, but I think the first thing is that today is a celebration of all those young people's achievements and efforts over the course of the past two years.
"So, today's about saying a huge well done, and a huge thank you to all of the teachers and the school leaders, and of course parents and carers that have supported young people to get those results. And you know, wish them every success with what they're going to do next."
Asked whether their grades are going to be lower, Mr Quince said: "So, yeah, they are and that's very much part of the plan.
"Over the last couple of years, we have had teachers assess grades, we have gone back for the first time to examinations."
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He added: "We recognise the fact that young people have faced huge disruption of the past couple of years, so there have been adaptations in place and Ofqual have reflected in their marking and grading."
Closing the attainment gap is a "huge priority" for the Government, an education minister has said.
Asked on Times Radio about GCSE regional disparities because of Covid-19, Will Quince said: "It's a huge priority. Ensuring that wherever you live up and down our country that you have access to a world-class education, and you have the same opportunity – whether you live in Bournemouth or Barnsley – is really important to us, and every year up until the pandemic we've been closing the attainment gap."
He added: "The pandemic has without question set us back on that mission. But to say that I am back on that with gusto would be an understatement.
"It is my mission as schools ministers to ensure that wherever you live in our country, that you have that same level of opportunity."
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