Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 83932

Assessments: Absenteeism

Tabled: 21 October 2025
Answered: 4 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Helen Morgan

Liberal DemocratNorth Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she will have discussions with Ofqual on the potential merits of requiring exam boards to give special consideration to students who are absent from school during the academic year due to exceptional ci

Answer

Georgia Gould
Special consideration is any adjustment given to a student who has temporarily experienced an illness, injury, or other event outside of their control, which significantly affects their ability to either take or demonstrate what they can do in an assessme...

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