A MOTHER has said the government is going to need to rethink its plans for the ‘Covid-19 student generation’, after the announcement they will be given GCSE and A-level grades based on teacher assessments after the exams were scrapped.

Yesterday, the government said it is aiming for the calculated grades - which will also take into account pupil’s previous achievements - to be awarded to students by the end of July.

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Making the announcement Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said these are “extraordinary times” and that exam boards would be working closely with teachers to implement the new approach.

To calculate the grades, ‘a range of evidence and data”, such as mock exam results and other school work, would be taken into account, the Department of Education has said.

But Jane Burman said she now fears for the future of her 16-year-old son, Logan Stimson.

“Imagine an employer in the future looking at an application from my son or anyone in this year group,” the Malvern mum-of-three said.

“They will say they won’t but of course they would give the job to someone who actually took the exams.”

The other options the government has said it will offer students is to give them the chance to sit an exam in September, appeal if they feel calculated grades don’t reflect their performance, or choose to sit exams in summer 2021.

Ms Burman said her son’s Aspergers should be taken into account, as due to his condition he was focused on the final exams but not so much on the mocks.

“I would appeal, I would fight for my son - I would anyway even if he did not have Aspergers as it can not be fair,” the 50-year-old said.

“How would it even work to take the exams in a year’s time? There would have been nobody to help student’s revise, and if he got into college he would be revising for GCSEs and A levels. They are trying to appease us but it is giving them a pretend grade.”

After the announcement Mr Williamson said: “Cancelling exams is something no Education Secretary would ever want to do, however these are extraordinary times and this measure is a vital but unprecedented step in the country’s efforts to stop the spread of coronavirus.

“My priority now is to ensure no young person faces a barrier when it comes to moving onto the next stage of their lives - whether that’s further or higher education, an apprenticeship or a job. I have asked exam boards to work closely with the teachers who know their pupils best to ensure their hard work and dedication is rewarded and fairly recognised.”