With just a few days of the summer term remaining, school leaders are calling for clarity from government about what will be expected of schools, colleges and their students in the upcoming academic year.

Nick Brook, deputy general secretary of school leaders’ union NAHT, said: “School leaders are clear that the decisions about adaptations for next year’s exams and assessments and the contingency plans should exams be disrupted, should be announced before the summer holidays.

“The details of those plans must be made available by the start of the autumn term so that they can be taken into account in teachers planning for the new academic year and have the desired impact on students’ learning and teacher workload.”