A teacher has described her despair over this summer’s exams saying A level students are “dropping out in record numbers”. Latest figures show 30% of year 13 students are absent and many will have no record of what they have achieved to progress in their lives, she fears.
The first traditional sat summer exams for three years start on Monday (May 16) after candidates were awarded teacher assessed grades when exams were cancelled to the pandemic in 2020 and 2021. This year’s A and AS level students have never sat summer external exams and many are anxious, the teacher warned.
She said it was “soul destroying” to see previously high achieving teenagers drop out because they don’t believe they can pass the exams. The pandemic has also made the mental health crisis even worse, leaving many too anxious and unwell to sit their A levels or GCSEs.
