Boris Johnson has “self-confidence” in his education secretary and the English tests regulator despite chaos around A-stage and GCSE success.

Downing Street said the primary minister spoke to Gavin Williamson and other officers on the cell phone from his holiday break in Scotland on Monday early morning about the difficulty.

Selection 10 added the government was striving to “occur up with the fairest method achievable”, soon after grievances from pupils and Tory MPs about the algorithm made use of to mark people whose exams were cancelled because of to coronavirus.

Mr Johnson’s spokesman refused to say if he would observe the technique of Scotland and Northern Eire in ditching the procedure and grade pupils in accordance to their teachers’ predictions.

“It is a devolved problem, our target remains on performing challenging to introduce the fairest system possible for pupils,” he explained to reporters on Monday afternoon.

Requested if the key minister had assurance in Mr Williamson, his spokesman reported “of course” and extra: “Ofqual carries on to have the assistance of the PM.”

Sky Information understands an announcement will be made by the British isles government later on currently.

Downing Street is experiencing stress to provide clarity thanks to fury from some in the Conservative Social gathering about the handling of exam results.

It appears to be personal universities ended up the greatest advantage of the algorithm which led to claims it had “baked in” inequality.

Former minister Stephen Hammond told Sky News the problem was a “shambles”, even though disquiet has even unfold to the frontbench – Penny Mordaunt tweeting that she had produced her views regarded to the Department for Education.

Tory previous education and learning secretary Lord Baker, who drew up the GCSE exam procedure in the late 1980s, claimed the algorithm was “flawed” and named for final results day this Thursday to be postponed.

“The A-amount success have developed hundreds of thousands of unfair and hardly explicable downgrades,” he explained.

“They have aided smaller private educational institutions but hit the brighter students in a improperly accomplishing point out school. It is not shocking that numerous functions are looking at authorized steps.”

Mr Johnson previous 7 days defended the algorithm, declaring it was “robust” and “reliable”.

Requested to repeat those people text again on Monday, his spokesman declined to.

Labour is also urging ministers to “provide the tests fiasco to an conclude”.

“The federal government ought to now let younger folks to use the grades their teachers predicted at the two A-amount and GCSE,” shadow training secretary Kate Green reported.

The government could also facial area a legal obstacle over the circumstance.

Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham said he had instructing lawyers and predicted to “initiate motion” afterwards on Monday.

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