The Education Secretary announced on Wednesday 6th January that formal examinations for GCSE and A level subjects for 2021 have been cancelled. A consultation then took place to decide how students would be assessed. On Thursday 25th February schools were informed that it is up to us to decide how to assess students and that we can use mini exams to support our decisions. Given the extremely late notice of this announcement coinciding with reopening and organising testing the Senior Leadership Team will discuss our response in due course and inform students and parents as soon as we have decided how to progress.