An alliance of headteachers, students, local authorities and teachers’ unions has lost its High Court battle to get the English GCSE results of 10,000 students re-graded.
Almost two months after the hearing into the case, which left many pupils without the necessary grades to take up college courses or apprenticeships, the court ruled that exams watchdog Ofqual had done the best it could with a qualification that had been structured unfairly.
Lord Justice Elias said it was "the structure of the qualification itself which is the source of such unfairness as has been demonstrated in this case, and not any unlawful action" by the exam regulator or exam boards.
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