Year 11 pupils and staff at Mountain Ash Comprehensive School (MACS) are celebrating the best ever results achieved in a ‘normal’ examination year. The percentages of pupils in Year 11 achieving at least 5 A* and A grades and at least 5 A*-C grades, including English and Maths, are the highest ever based on external…
Read MoreDear Parents/Guardians of Year 12/13 Students, As I’m sure you aware, the current stance from Welsh Government is that all external examinations, including GCSE, AS and A Level examinations, will be going ahead this summer, but with adaptations to mitigate lost teaching and learning time. However, with the rapidly changing Covid-19 situation, I would like…
Read MoreDear Parent/Carer, We are currently quality assuring the provisional Centre Determined Grades (GCSE, AS, A Level) and Teacher Assessed Grades (Vocational Subjects) for Year 11, 12 and 13 pupils. These provisional grades will be available for pupils to collect from school on Monday 14th June, as follows: Years 12/13 Pupils to collect their provisional results from…
Read MorePlease find below a link to a letter published today from Qualifications Wales to coincide with the announcements from Welsh Government around plans for awarding grades. This has also been sent via Parent Mail. We anticipate more information and guidance from WJEC, Qualifications Wales and others in the coming weeks and this will be fully…
Read MoreDear Parent/Carer, I’m aware that yesterday’s announcement (Monday 4th) by the Education Minister, Kirsty Williams, that blended learning will continue until at least the 18th January may have caused some anxiety for pupils and for you as parents/carers. With COVID-19 transmission rates remaining high, these arrangements may also be extended beyond this date. With this in…
Read MoreTo: all learners in years 11, 12 & 13 I am writing to give you some more information about how the assessments that are replacing your exams will work. We cancelled exams for GCSEs, AS and A levels delivered by the WJEC in 2021 because of the effect Covid 19 has had on your education…
Read MoreKirsty Williams, the Welsh Minister for Education, has announced today that there will be no end of year GCSE, AS or A Level exams next summer. Alternative arrangements will be put in place in order to award grades (details to follow from Welsh Government). In summary however, it was announced by the minister that: Instead…
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