A-level students at a school serving the child poverty capital of the country have had their university hopes dashed after their A-level results were downgraded.
Devastated pupils from Mulberry School for Girls in east London, have slammed the government's grading system, saying it is flawed and biased against poorer students after receiving their heartbreaking results.
The school serves girls living in Poplar and Limehouse in east London - the area in the UK with the highest level of child poverty - so many of its pupils aim to educate their way out of deprivation.
According to several pupils at the school, many A-level students had results downgraded leaving many scrambling to find university places as conditional offers were withdrawn.
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