GCSE results: Students find out grades as thousands more hit by Btec delays
It comes as efforts to curb grade inflation kick in
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Your support makes all the difference.Students have picked up GCSE results while thousands more were hit with delays to Btecs grades.
The pass rate and proportion of top grades dropped in GCSEs this year as efforts to crack down grade inflation kicked in.
But as hundreds of thousands found out their results on Thursday, an exam board said around 5,700 students had been deemed ineligible to get grades in another qualification.
”We need to work with schools and college to resolve queries, run eligibility checks and confirm if the student still wishes to claim a grade,” a spokesperson for Pearson said. “We apologise to any student waiting for a result.”
It came a week after other pupils faced delays in getting results from the same awarding body.
In other exam news, London came out on top in England for GCSE results. Around 32 per cent of grades in the capital were the highest marks, compared to 22 per cent in other regions - including Yorkshire and the North East.
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ICYMI: GCSE grades fall from Covid record high in crackdown on grade inflation
GCSE grades have fallen from an all-time high during the Covid pandemic as efforts to curb grade inflation kicked into force.
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ICYMI: Pensioner reveals GCSE result live on air
A 92-year-old revealed his maths GCSE result on air to BBC Breakfast’s presenters.
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GCSE Results: 92-year-old pensioner reveals maths result on air
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Full story: Thousands more hit by Btec delays
An exam board has apologised to students after thousands were deemed ineligible to be awarded grades on Thursday, a week after other pupils faced delays in getting results from the same awarding body.
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Pearson said some 5,700 students registered for the qualification were currently ineligible to receive their grade
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