There are fears that some applicants may be denied a place at university next summer because of Ofqual’s decision not to release the final grades for January’s English GCSE exams until August.
The anomaly has been spotted by Cardinal Newman Catholic School in Luton, where a handful of students will be affected.
Under changes announced by Ofqual, while raw marks will be published after January’s exams, grade boundaries will be held back until the summer. The watchdog said: “All further work on setting standards and grading will be carried out following the June exam series.”
It means that students sitting their English exams in January will not discover their grade until GCSE results day in August – a week after A level results day. This means anyone who needs their GCSE English result to get into university might miss out.
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