Pupils in Wales who had only been in school for six months before the first Covid lockdown are preparing to receive their GCSE results. Sixteen-year-old Cristina, who goes to Pencoed Comprehensive School near Bridgend, said it was a “key time to miss”.
Extra support measures for pupils and more generous grading have been dropped this year as the system returns to normal after the pandemic. Fewer top grades are expected, following a similar pattern to A-level results which fell closer to pre-Covid levels.
Qualifications Wales said this year’s results were a “return to normal assessment and grading arrangements” after extra supports were put in place from 2020 to 2023. It said in the run up to results a statistical “safety net” would be deployed to bolster any subjects where performance was well below pre-pandemic levels, but confirmed it had not been needed.
Source: BBC
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