Shadow education secretary Kate Green says exams should be pushed back to June 2021
Next year’s GCSE and A-level exams should be sat later in the summer to give pupils valuable time to catch up, according to a proposal by Labour that is likely to be backed by influential Tory MPs and school leaders.
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