A row is growing over the way school exam results have been calculated, after the exams were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
In Scotland, where pupils have already received their results, the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has apologised, admitting that the government in Edinburgh didn’t get it right. A quarter of pupils found they had been downgraded from their teachers’ predictions.
Scotland’s government is due to announce what it intends to do to put things right. Meanwhile the rest of the UK is set to announce results shortly, with concerns that similar allegations of unfairness are already been made in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
It comes as Scotland’s schools re-open, with England aiming to follow suit in September. The UK government says there’s little evidence of coronavirus being transmitted in schools and their plans are being guided by the best science.
Fiona Bruce presents BBC News at Ten reporting from Lorna Gordon in Edinburgh, science editor David Shukman and political correspondent Chris Mason.
