Top universities defy Gavin Williamson's order to stop Zoom classes

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

72% : The row has further damaged the Education Secretary's position with rumours that Boris Johnson could sack him for his 'anti-woke' Equalities Minister after Mr Williamson was accused of ruining the credibility of A-levels by 'baking in' soaring grade inflation and allowing a growing results gap between private and state schools.
55% : 50% Drop in students from the European Union taking up courses - 9,820 compared with around 22,000 last year.
49% : The number of teenagers getting top grades in A-Levels has risen across the board but private schools are pulling further ahead of state schools, almost doubling the number of As and A*s in the past two years since exams were postponed
48% : 70.1% of grades at private schools were A or A* - compared with 42 per cent at state-run academies.
46% : The percentage point gap at A and A* between entries from private schools and academies, compared to 24.6 in 2020 and 20.3 in 2019.

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