Six A-level students have officially launched legal action against the "insane" marking system that reduced 39% of grades this year.
They issued a letter kick-starting a High Court fight to exams regulator Ofqual today, after thousands of students were left devastated by Thursday's results.
The six students represented by the Good Law Project include Michael, the son of a security guard and carer whose BBB predicted grades plunged to EEE due to a "standardisation" process.
Michael, whose school said it is not in a position to appeal, said: "It is abysmal to think that the government, whose job it is to lead this country in the right direction, has allowed an algorithm to determine the futures of thousands of students.
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