Boris Johnson faces backlash after blaming ‘mutant’ algorithm for grades debacle

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at Castle Rock School, Coalville, in the east Midlands. Picture: PA

Boris Johnson faced a backlash after he sought to blame the A-level results fiasco on a “mutant algorithm” and effectively sacked the senior civil servant at the Department for Education.

The British Prime Minister acknowledged the stress caused by the situation – which eventually resulted in a U-turn with A-level and GCSE grades in England awarded based on teachers’ assessments rather than the algorithm.