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could sack and bring in his 'anti-woke' Equalities Minister after the Education Secretary was accused of ruining the credibility of A-levels by 'baking in' soaring grade inflation and allowing a growing results gap between private and state schools.
Mr Williamson, nicknamed Private Pike by critics who compare him to the hapless young soldier in Dad's Army, is said to be fighting plans for Kemi Badenoch to take over in the next reshuffle, reportedly telling allies he 'knows where the bodies are'.
It came as it was revealed that A-level grades could be scrapped in a massive overhaul of the education system.
It is understood the government is looking at possibly replacing the A*-E letter grades with a numerical system similar to GCSEs.
At the same time, the proportion of students allowed to achieve the top grades will be reduced gradually over a period of years until it returns to pre-pandemic levels, meaning there could be years before proper exams return.
Such is the crisis over the number of top A-level grades being handed out - 44% of all entries were A or A* this year with critics saying they are slipping towards 'meaninglessness' - that more universities could demand applicants take bespoke university entry exams.
Mr Williamson's is said to be under threat with Ms Badenoch lined up, 'multiple sources' have told The Times.
One said the minister is 'wetting himself about getting the sack. He keeps telling people he knows where the bodies are and [the] PM is too weak to sack him.' Some questioned whether this threat was genuine when yesterday he said he couldn't remember his own A-level results.
Last year the 'vultures were circling' Mr Williamson over his handling of the A-level results chaos, a source said at the time, but after he survived they insisted Mr Williamson is a 'master of finding someone else to chuck under a bus'.
Gavin Williamson, who famously keeps a whip on his office desk, is reported to have warned that he 'knows where the bodies are and [the] PM is too weak to sack him' over the A-Level results chaos
Boris is said to favour Kemi Badenoch, his equalities minister who has been vocal in her concerns about the the woke-ification of British education.
Williamson's allies have previously claimed that Mr Johnson's wife, Carrie, is against him
The number of teenagers getting top grades in A-Levels has risen across the board but private schools are pulling further ahead of state schools, almost doubling the number of As and A*s in the past two years since exams were postponed
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