Gavin Williamson

Born in Scarborough, Sir Gavin Williamson is an MP who has served in the cabinet of Prime Ministers Rishi Sunak and Theresa May. He is widely known mishandling the GCSE and A-Level exams fiasco in 2020 as Education Secretary. He attended East Ayton Primary, Raincliffe School, and Scarborough Sixth Form College.

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GCSE and A Level grades will be decided by teachers this year, exams watchdog Ofqual has announced (Photo: Shutterstock)

GCSE and A Level results will be decided by teachers this year - despite 2020's ...

Secondary schools in England will be asked to consider opening during the summer period for face-to-face teaching (Photo: Getty Images)

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Schools won't be allowed to reopen until at least 8 March at the earliest (Photo: Getty Images)

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Tory MPs have warned that schools must reopen by Easter (Photo: OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

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Department for Education data shows 12,864 laptops and tablets had been sent to Lancashire County Council or its maintained schools

Thousands of laptops for disadvantaged children in Lancashire

Department for Education figures show dozens of teachers were absent with either a suspected or confirmed case of Covid-19

Day when hundreds of Lancashire teachers were off because of Covid-19

A Level students may receive their grades earlier than normal this year (Photo: Shutterstock)

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The daily testing of secondary school pupils and staff in England has been temporarily paused, due to concerns over the new variant (Photo: Shutterstock)

Daily Covid tests for secondary school pupils and staff in England have been pau...

Primary and secondary schools across England are currently closed due to Covid-19, with the exception of children of key workers and vulnerable children (Photo: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images)

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GCSE, A Levels and SATs exams in England will be replaced by teacher assessments...

GCSE, AS and A-level exams in England this summer will be replaced by school assessments, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has confirmed. Pic credit: PA Wire/PA Images

Teacher assessments will replace GCSE and A-level exams this summer

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'Alternative arrangements’ will be made for GCSE and A Level exams this year - w...

A classroom is set out with socially distanced seating for year 6 pupils but remains empty due to lack of pupils returning in that year group in June (Picture: Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images)

Leading teaching union to tell staff of right not to return to classrooms

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The Government said school reopenings are being kept "under review" amid mounting pressure from teaching unions and health advisers to delays pupils' return to class in January Credit: Jane Barlow/PA

Government to announce decision on delayed school return today

Department for Education figures estimate up to 4,562 pupils in state secondary schools in Lancashire were absent on December 10

Day almost 5,000 secondary school pupils in Lancashire missed classes because of...

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Call for Lancashire schools to stay shut early in new year to reduce post-Christ...

English secondary schools and colleges will get weekly Covid tests from January

GCSE and A Level exams will be adapted in 2021 to help students - including adva...

Universities may get rid of predicted grade offers - here's why

Disadvantaged children will be given catch-up tuition - the new scheme explained

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Ian Watkinson, from the Preston district of the National Education Union

Lancashire teaching union pushes for "rota system" for secondary pupils to reduc...

A-Level exams will likely be delayed in 2021 - here’s the proposed timeline (photo: Shutterstock)

A-Level exams will likely be delayed in 2021 - here’s the proposed timeline

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With children being sent home from school due to cases of Coronavirus, what should parents do if their children are sent home because somebody else has tested positive? (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

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