Education secretary forced into climbdown following calls from college leaders to halt vocational exams
Gavin Williamson, the education secretary, is facing growing pressure over the schools fiasco after being forced into a climbdown over this month’s vocational BTec exams while drawing up new plans to replace this summer’s cancelled GCSE and A-level exams.
After calls from college leaders, Labour and the mayors of Liverpool and Greater Manchester to halt the vocational exams, the Department for Education (DfE) issued a statement on Tuesday evening offering colleges flexibility to decide for themselves.
