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GCSE row: Unions urge WJEC to waive resit fees

Unions NAHT Cymru & ASCL Cymru have written a joint letter to WJEC, asking it to waive fees for re-sitting GCSE English Language units this summer.

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WJEC will re-mark some GCSE English Language papers

The WJEC exam board has confirmed it will re-mark some of the new GCSE English Language exam papers after carrying out a review.

It said a single examiner was responsible for marking the papers in question.

In that one case, there are indications that the examiner's marking was slightly inconsistent, and although there are no sizeable disparities identified WJEC is undertaking a full re-mark of this examiner's work. The centres whose candidates' work was marked by this examiner have already been informed.

The internal review also identified an error in adding up the total marks on two candidate’s papers, which WJEC has since corrected and communicated to the relevant centres.

– WJEC spokesperson

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The board said the review had found most examiners marked "correctly and accurately in line with the mark scheme" approved in November 2012.

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