mounting pressure after almost 40% of students received lower than their predicted grades on Thursday.After this summer's exams were cancelled, teachers were told to submit the grades they thought each student would have received if they had sat the papers.But they were then moderated by the exam board, which looked at factors like a students' previous exam results and schools' past performances to work out what grades should be awarded to pupils.This means many students have seen their results downgraded and at Parrs Wood High School in Didsbury, the figure is even higher - with 56% of grades lower than those provided by teachers.Mark McElwee, headteacher at Parrs Wood, said: "It's hard to know what to say.
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