Scores of schools miss targets after exams are regraded
The Independent, 13th September 2012
The changes to GCSE grade boundaries mean that at least 140 schools have missed the Government's minimum exam target. They are now facing the possibility of closure or conversion to academies.
The stark figures, which reveal the true cost of attempts to keep a lid on grade inflation, emerged as the Welsh Government ordered English GCSEs in Wales to be regraded, meaning that pupils in England could end up with a lower grade for the same work as pupils across the border.
MPs began a two-day hearing into the exams fiasco yesterday, which will take evidence from the Education Secretary, Michael Gove, today.
They were told of research by the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), which has found that 143 schools in England which had previously been confidently predicted to meet the target for GCSE passes had now failed to do so. The figures do not include those schools that were already expected to fall short.
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