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)

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Education Secretary Gavin Williamson is widely expected to confirm this week that there will be no return to the classroom after the February half-term break, as ministers had hoped. Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

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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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Children could face another three months away from the classroom as fears grow that schools will not reopen until after the Easter holidays. Photo: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

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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)

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Everything you need to know about the cancellation of school exams in England

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

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson confirmed children would be assessed by their teachers instead of sitting end-of-year exams. Exams were also cancelled last summer, but Williamson insisted there would be no return to his department's use of a computer algorithm to apportion grades for university aspirants, which turned into a fiasco.(Photo by ROBERT BODMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Teacher assessments will replace GCSE and A-level exams this summer, Gavin Willi...

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