Awarding Qualifications in 2021 and 2022

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 1:15 pm on 22 July 2021.

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Photo of Nick Gibb Nick Gibb Minister of State (Education) 1:15, 22 July 2021

I am very happy to join my hon. Friend in paying tribute to teachers and staff in schools in Aylesbury, who I know have worked as hard as teachers throughout the country in making sure that children can catch up as swiftly as possible on lost education. He is right that we want to get our exam system back to normal as swiftly as possible, but I believe that, given the disruption that students have suffered over the past 16 or 17 months, the adaptations that we proposed, together with Ofqual, in the consultation document that we published on 12 July are the fairest approach to exams in 2022, as a stepping stone to full normality in 2023, which I know will please my hon. Friend and, indeed, my hon. Friend Mr Hollobone.