i

The i reports on the government’s new guidance on wearing masks in schools, calling it “yet another U-turn”.

The i newspaper leads with a story about record GCSE results.

The i says Boris Johnson is backing Education Secretary Gavin Williamson, despite the A-level results U-turn where students will now be handed exam grades as predicted by their teachers instead of a controversial algorithm.

Unsurprisingly the government U-turn on A-level results dominates the morning papers. The i newspaper says Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has caved in over the “grades fiasco”. It carries a picture of celebrating pupils after the government reversed its decision to use an algorithm rather than teachers’ assessments to give students their results after the coronavirus pandemic caused exams to be cancelled.

The i leads on the same story – describing it as “A-level turmoil over grading rule changes”.