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Exam results: Gavin Williamson poised for algorithm climbdown

Education secretary expected to make announcement two days after vowing no U-turn

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The education secretary, Gavin Williamson, is poised to announce that Ofqual is ditching its controversial algorithm for standardising A-level and GCSE results in England, two days after promising there would be “no U-turn, no change”.

After intense political pressure, Boris Johnson interrupted his holiday in Scotland to chair a meeting on Monday morning about the exams crisis with ministers and senior officials.

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