Education minister Michael Gove was challenged on the issue in Parliament on Monday (September 3) but refused calls to intervene, stating that it would be wrong to “interfere” with the independent regulator’s decisions. He had earlier told the BBC: “It would be absolutely wrong for me to give instructions to Ofqual.”
The exams watchdog carried out a week-long investigation after it emerged that grade boundaries had become significantly tougher for English GCSE papers sat in June than for those sat in January.
It meant that thousands of students who took exams in the summer missed out on expected C grades, with as many as 10 extra marks needed to get a C in June.
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