Northern Ireland has performed a dramatic U-turn and agreed to axe "downgraded" GCSE grades for pupils who get their results this week.
GCSE grades will now be "based solely on the estimates provided by schools and colleges", Stormont's Education Minister Peter Weir said.
That means the teacher estimates, which were to have been binned for GCSE pupils in favour of a "standardised" model, will now count for the entire grade, as demanded by schools and campaigners.
But the DUP minister refused to budge on A-level modified grades, claiming they were different in terms of "prior performance data".
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