With just a week to go before results day, schools in England were last night given fresh powers to appeal against poor grades. The regulator now admits that ‘high ability’ students at poor schools could get worse-than-deserved results. But rather than rectify the situation before marks are sent out, Ofqual says it will be up to schools to mount an appeal. Individual pupils will not be allowed to challenge grades themselves, so schools and colleges will need to appeal on their behalf. Not allowing pupils the right to appeal GCSE or A-Level exam grades they think are unfair had earlier been linked to imposing a 'life sentence'.

Source: Daily Mail August 06, 2020 17:39 UTC