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26/10/2012
Legal Action Launched Over English GSCE Exam
Legal action has been launched against exam regulator Ofqual and two exam boards by a group of head teachers and councils over last June’s English GCSE exam.
Court papers have been served on exam boards AQA and Edexcel, detailing the case for the exams to be regraded.
The papers challenge the examiners' decision to raise the marks needed to get a C grade between January and June.
They also challenge Ofqual's refusal to reverse that decision.
A total of 150 schools, 42 English councils and six professional bodies and 167 pupils are represented by the alliance.
The group argues that changes to the grade boundaries between January and June meant that pupils with the same mark got different grades.
An estimated 10,000 students missed out on a C grade as a result of the decisions, according to the group: "despite achieving exactly the same standard as their classmates who were awarded a C grade a few months earlier".
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Court papers have been served on exam boards AQA and Edexcel, detailing the case for the exams to be regraded.
The papers challenge the examiners' decision to raise the marks needed to get a C grade between January and June.
They also challenge Ofqual's refusal to reverse that decision.
A total of 150 schools, 42 English councils and six professional bodies and 167 pupils are represented by the alliance.
The group argues that changes to the grade boundaries between January and June meant that pupils with the same mark got different grades.
An estimated 10,000 students missed out on a C grade as a result of the decisions, according to the group: "despite achieving exactly the same standard as their classmates who were awarded a C grade a few months earlier".
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