‘Our grades are significantly lower than any grades we've ever received in the history of the school’
Headteacher of Sir William Borlase's Grammar School, Bucks, on the A Level grading crisis
Pressure is mounting on the government to change the way A level grades have been calculated after exams were cancelled due to coronavirus.
The Grammar School Heads Association says the computer model built to calculate marks was hugely flawed and should be modified. Kay Mountfield,
head of Sir William Borlase's Grammar School in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, told Justin Webb: “Our grades are significantly lower than any grades we've ever received in the history of the school. They are 10% lower than even the lowest grades we've ever received. They bear no resemblance at all to our historic data.” She went on to say the situation has affected her faith in Ofqual: “They've lost our trust by coming out with a set of results which have meant that bright, high-achieving students with aspirations and certainly the ability to go on and do all sorts of things at university have lost their places." With Sir Michael Wilshaw, the former chief inspector of schools in England and Steve Chalke, founder of the Oasis Charitable Trust which is connected to one of the largest Multi-Academy Trusts in England.
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