John Swinney statement RECAP: Next year’s National 5 exams cancelled, Higher and Advanced Higher exams pushed back two weeks

Scotland’s Education Secretary, John Swinney, is set to announce plans for the 2020/21 exam diet as well as potential contingency plans for exams should schools be forced to close as they were during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Follow the statement live here.

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