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Hugh Grant: Online GCSEs Could Harm Students' Education

12/16/2025

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Actor Hugh Grant criticized proposals to move GCSE examinations online, warning it could harm children's education and mental health.
He warned that schools would abandon traditional learning tools, saying, "If GCSE’s move online it will be a catastrophe."
Ofqual suggested some GCSE exams could be digitally assessed by 2030 and said any on-screen exams would be carefully managed, with the public feedback consultation open.

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Actor Hugh Grant criticized proposals to move GCSE examinations online, warning it could harm children's education and mental health.
He warned that schools would abandon traditional learning tools, saying, "If GCSE’s move online it will be a catastrophe."
Ofqual suggested some GCSE exams could be digitally assessed by 2030 and said any on-screen exams would be carefully managed, with the public feedback consultation open.