"Served his masters well"

"Making up policy on the hoof", as Williamson was clearly doing throughout the A-level results fiasco, and as your editorial stated, is obviously the default position for this government (Exam fiasco just the latest betrayal of our children, 16.08.20). As it took until the weekend for the Education Secretary to realise that there were in his words "real concerns about what a large number of students were getting", it is more than likely that he will never realise what a good job he has done for his Tory leaders. With a rise of 4.7% in the number of A/A* grades for private school pupils, no public outcry about such grade inflation, and no media inquiry into the number of students in the independent sector whose grades were actually Pre-U qualifications, rather than actual A-levels, Williamson has served his masters well. So-called "elite" universities will have already guaranteed places for these pupils, providing an excuse again for denying most of the genuinely talented students from disadvantaged backgrounds a chance to show their true potential. Another U-turn, this time on examination results, is par for the course as far as this government is concerned, but no Pre-U turn means yet another victory for the privileged! No doubt this will be replicated with the GCSE results, and the lack of detail relating to the private schools` preferred choice, iGCSE. Another reason for Johnson and Cummings to defer Williamson`s sacking!