06/11/2012
Urgent Hearing In GCSE English Grades Dispute Ordered
In the ongoing dispute a judge has now ordered an urgent hearing of a legal challenge over this summer's GCSE English results.
An alliance of pupils, schools and councils had lodged papers asking for a judicial review at London's High Court.
The case centres on last-minute shifts in grade boundaries in June's exams.
The judge decided the case for a judicial review should be heard in open court, after privately considering the merits of the application.
If permission to seek a judicial review is granted, then a two day court hearing will be held immediately. The hearing is expected within weeks.
Almost 400 individual cases are involved in the mass challenge.
The news comes as more than 45,000 pupils prepare to resit their GCSE English exams.
(H/GK)
An alliance of pupils, schools and councils had lodged papers asking for a judicial review at London's High Court.
The case centres on last-minute shifts in grade boundaries in June's exams.
The judge decided the case for a judicial review should be heard in open court, after privately considering the merits of the application.
If permission to seek a judicial review is granted, then a two day court hearing will be held immediately. The hearing is expected within weeks.
Almost 400 individual cases are involved in the mass challenge.
The news comes as more than 45,000 pupils prepare to resit their GCSE English exams.
(H/GK)
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