In December, Ofqual announced statistics relating to exam malpractice during the summer 2015 exam series. Their findings show that while the number of candidates penalised for cheating dropped slightly this summer, the number of staff penalties more than doubled.
The number of individual staff penalised for malpractice during the summer’s GCSEs and A levels was 262, up 120 per cent from the year before, while 2,460 exam candidates faced penalties for cheating, fewer than the previous year. In addition, the number of schools and colleges penalised rose by a third to 288.
Offences by staff members included breaching security, helping candidates, opening papers early without authorisation, allowing pupils to sit an exam at the wrong time or not invigilating properly.
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