Commenting as awarding organisations today (Mon 7 Feb) publish advance information for exams this summer, Sarah Hannafin, senior policy advisor for school leaders' union NAHT, said:

“We welcome publication of the advance information on the content of most GCSE, AS and A-Level exams this year, which should now provide teachers and students some help on where to focus their teaching, revision and exam preparations.

“Advance information is not a simple list of what is assessed in the exam; the information is more complex, covers only high tariff questions and might relate to only a particular exam paper or section of it, with different approaches between specifications and subjects. We need to remember this is new to teachers so it will only be over the coming days that we learn whether they believe it will be sufficient to counter the levels of disruption which students have faced due to Covid. 

“We would urge everyone to recognise that students have endured during one of the most pivotal period of their lives which can be pressurised even in 'normal' years.  They simply want a fair shot at success in their exams this summer.”