GCSE and A-level examiners will be asked to be more generous this year than in previous ones to account for the disruptions to education caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Grade boundaries could be altered in some cases, with a lower score across papers needed to secure a particular grade, but examiners’ generosity could be more wide-ranging, exam boards have said.
England's exams regulator Ofqual has previously announced that grade boundaries will be set roughly between 2019 pre-pandemic levels and boundaries in 2021, when teacher assessment was used to set grades.
