Guardian

A generation of black talent has been forced out of British television by systemic racism, The Guardian reports.

The prime minister has claimed that the risk of catching coronavirus at school is low and children should return to their classes – that’s on the front of The Guardian.

According to an exclusive story in The Guardian, the chief of Ofqual threatened to resign unless under-fire Education Secretary Gavin Williamson backed the exams regulator following the A-level results fiasco.

The Guardian reports on fears the UK’s second city, Birmingham, may face a new lockdown due to a rising number of coronavirus cases.

The Guardian says Ofqual, the exams regulator in England, was warned at least a month ago of flaws in the computer algorithm that left thousands of A-level students devastated.

Confidence in the education secretary has dropped after the A-level results climbdown, according to The Guardian, ahead of schools reopening next month.

The Guardian says the “humiliating U-turn” has left thousands of pupils in limbo. The government is set to lift the cap on university places but the paper says vice-chancellors have warned they will not have space to accommodate everyone, leaving students “scrambling” for their first choice courses.

The Prime Minister is under pressure to act on the exam result fiasco, according to The Guardian, which says criticism of the system used to grade A-level students last week is growing from all sides.

Thousands of holidaymakers scrambled to return from France as it emerged “ministers rushed forward the imposition of quarantine measures by 24 hours”, The Guardian reports.

Disadvantaged pupils are among the worst-affected by the downgrading of A-level results, according to The Guardian.