Headteachers have expressed fears over the marking of this year’s English GCSEs after the High Court refused to order a re-grade of the summer’s results, despite acknowledging students had been treated unfairly.
School leaders say the verdict has left the system in chaos and teachers in confusion.
They believe that the decision not to order the re-grading of up to 10,000 scripts or apportion any blame or responsibility to exams watchdog Ofqual or the awarding bodies has given carte blanche for grade boundaries to be altered at will in the future.
Furthermore, the decision has left teachers unsure what score now constitutes a grade C and how best they can prepare their students to meet this important benchmark.
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