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The government is continuing to consult with the exams regulator on whether or not to delay next year’s A-level and GCSE results, the education secretary has confirmed. In a statement to the Commons, Gavin Williamson said Ofqual has been looking into the idea after warnings about a loss of education for millions of pupils caused by the coronavirus crisis. His comments come as students throughout England return to school this week, many for the first time in more than five months. Labour has been calling for a delay to exams, saying pupils entering Year 11 and 13 who have lost up to six months of teaching time face “a mountain to climb” unless the timetable is changed. Despite Labour taking credit for the idea, Mr Williamson claimed it has been being considered by the government since June. “This is something that we highlighted that we’d be doing,” Mr Williamson told MPs in a statement to the Commons. But he said Labour did not support the idea when “Ofqual did a public consultation about potentially moving the exam dates back” on July 2. • Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2lOHmNj • Get breaking news and more stories at http://www.itv.com/news Follow ITV News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/itvnews/ Follow ITV News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/itvnews Follow ITV News on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itvnews/
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