Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer hits out at 'complete fiasco' of last-minute A-level and GCSE assessment changes in England

"This is complete fiasco. It was obvious that this was going to be difficult but it's been weeks or months in the coming," the Labour leader said during a visit to Wakefield College in West Yorkshire.Schools minister 'confident' in grading system"And this risks robbing them of their future.Sir Keir added that the idea of using mock results was"deeply flawed".

"Talking to teachers today, it's obvious that they expect, across the piece, that young people will do better in the real exam than they'd done in the mock," he continued.The announcement came hours after the Scottish government said tens of thousands of pupilsPupils in the most deprived areas had their exam pass rate downgraded by more than twice that of students from the wealthiest parts of the country.

Speaking to Kay Burley @ Breakfast, he added:"It is just making sure at the edges that no student is disadvantaged."It will only affect a small group of people. Most young people tomorrow will get the grade that the teacher sent in to the exam board that they thought they would get."

Liebour advocating A levels to be given out free with Happy meals next year

Thats all fine and dandy but what is he actually doing about it

Some plan is better than none. I’m not a Tory. Something is better than nothing.

Teaching Marxist ideology in schools/colleges is a terrible Blairite in position upon our young. It will lead our young into the abyss. In fact, Karl Marx once said 'I will send the whole world into the abyss'. We'll, he was a satanist after all. LozzaFox spikedonline

I wonder why Keir starmer hates the idea of canzuk so much

Like he's remain in the EU policy, like he's only bame candidates, every politician in it for themselves

Multiple flavours of arbitrary ice cream at the last minute. Boris Johnson has showed he's all talk and not trousers on tackling regional inequality.

Name one moment of competence so far?

It’s funny, all of the replies are going to be some people having a pop at Starmer. But he’s not wrong is he? Gavin Williamson as incompetent as ever.

Has Sir Keir condemned his race baiting MP that tried to undermine the police the other day yet?

Good old Splinters.

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