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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Zoe Tidman

Poorer students could miss out on university places as private schools ‘more generous with GCSEs’

PA Wire

Private schools gave out more generous GCSE grades during the pandemic than state grammar schools, according to new analysis that will likely exacerbate fears over poorer pupils’ university prospects.

Exams were cancelled during the previous two years due to Covid disruption, meaning schools were involved in handing out marks instead.

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