hereLast Thursday, 39 per cent of all A-Level grades in England were downgraded from what teachers originally predicted - including 25,000 by two or more grades - to 'standardise' results and stop them inflating.
Official figures show students in the poorest areas were marked down by 10.4 per cent while those in the richest were marked down by 8.3 per cent, reported the Mirror.Downing Street refused to rule out a shift to a Scottish-style system based on teachers' predicted grades rather than an algorithm aimed at standardising results.Mr Johnson has gone on holiday to Scotland this week despite the chaos over the A-Level results but held talks with Mr Williamson and senior officials on Monday morning.In an indication that the grades.
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