Half of a Leeds school's students have been invited back to the classroom as they are too vulnerable to be at home in lockdown

While there has been much debate about exams and ways to grade at secondary level, the principal of an alternative provision, which has 150 of some of the most challenging young people in the city, says he is "very worried" about the futures of his pupils.

Andrew Foster said it is a very real possibility that his current year 11s will be knocked back a year, delaying them being able to take on post-16 courses such as NVQs and apprenticeships.

He says in the absence of exams, if students are graded dependent upon what work they have done in school - then the grades will not accurately reflect or open up pathways to their potential.