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GCSEs and A-levels delayed by three weeks in summer 2021 due to coronavirus

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Most A-Level and GCSE exams will be delayed by three weeks next summer due to the coronavirus crisis, the Government has announced.

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said exams would go ahead in 2021 but pupils would be given more time to prepare after months away from the classroom following school closures.

Summer exams will start on 7 June and end on 2 July for almost all AS/A levels and GCSEs. A-Level students will get their results on 24 August, with GCSEs on 27 August - allowing students to start the academic year as normal.

Exams were cancelled this summer to due the pandemic - leading to chaos for students whose marks were downgraded by an algorithm.

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