National GCSE and A-Level exams are due to undergo major changes this year, in an effort to help children affected by years of Covid-affected schooling.
Those in education have had one of the most disrupted rides through the pandemic, with traditions and institutions normally a consistent and unchanging part of being young all going out of the window with the arrival of coronavirus.
Now though, following the government's plans to ease the nation out of the grip of Covid amid the recession of the Omicron wave, efforts are being made to return the school experience back to something more like the pre-pandemic UK.