A total of 167 students, 150 schools and 42 local authorities are part of the GCSE grading alliance which lodged legal papers at the High Court this week in its bid for a judicial review.
The claim is against two exam boards – AQA and Edexcel – as well as Ofqual, the exams regulator. It is being supported by the National Association for the Teaching of English, the SSAT, and a number of education unions representing teachers and school leaders.
The action surrounds this year’s English GCSE paper and changes to grade boundaries between January and June which made it harder for summer candidates to get a C grade.
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