The cross-border spat over GCSE English looks likely to end with new exam systems created in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The prediction was made by Wales’s education minister Leighton Andrews who controversially ordered a remarking of GCSE English papers in Wales.
His comments came as exams regulator Ofqual angrily called for assurances from the Welsh government that it would play by the rules in future.
Glenys Stacey, chief regulator of Ofqual, said: “We need to know whether there is still a commitment, in Wales, to joint regulation and we need to discuss what assurances we need to have in place, so that we continue to regulate jointly.”
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