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Welsh minister orders GCSE regrade

Welsh Education Minister Leighton Andrews has issued a direction to examination board WJEC to re-grade this summer's English GCSE English language results for qualifications delivered in Wales.

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Ofqual: Edexcel exam predictions were 'out of line'

Ofqual boss Glenys Stacey, told MPs that Ofqual wrote to the Edexcel and WJEC exam boards after their preliminary results were too generous. She said:

Edexcel - the preliminary results were high. If the provisional results had been left to stand I think we were looking at 6% or 7% inflation and I suspect there would have been a different outcry had that been the outcome. They were certainly out of line with the other awarding body results. There was a clear recognition that this really did need a challenge.

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