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KentOnline Podcast: A-Level and GCSE results to be based on teacher-assessed grades following government U-turn

By: Oliver Kemp

Published: 18:27, 17 August 2020

Updated: 18:36, 17 August 2020

The government today announced a U-turn in their decision over A-Level and GCSE exam results, following fierce criticism from pupils who lost out on university places due to downgrading.

Grades will now be based on teacher-assessed marks, as opposed to Ofqual's "standardised" algorithm.

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We've been speaking to an education law expert on what could happen to those university places now, after one Medway MP predicted admissions 'chaos' following the announcement.

Also in the podcast: we hear from a couple who have been offering a home to people seeking asylum in the UK for the past four years.

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