Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi met with the exams regulator to discuss reports of private schools using grading arrangements in 2021 as an “excuse” to boost their proportion of top A-level grades.
A report from the Sunday Times found one school saw its proportion of A*s at A-level jump from 33% to 90% in 2021, when teacher-assessed grades were awarded following the cancellation of full public exams.
