With the current unprecedented situation in the UK and the majority of the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many pupils are wondering what is going to happen when things start to return to normal. Children have been off school now for nearly 7 weeks and many of those that are currently being home schooled should have been sitting exams this year.

As this is a situation we have never been in before, n one knows exactly what is going to happen but they have said it is very unlikely that pupils will have to sit these exams, instead they will probably be graded based on their work they have already completed in the classroom.

For some students this will work out well, as it may be that they excel in the classroom but really struggle in an exam sitting. But there will always be those children that the opposite is true. They may not do very well in coursework and in the class room but somehow just seem to fly through exams. For those students this may not be the best option for them.

IT is such a complicated situation, we don’t really know what is best but hopefully no one will be penalised because of this.