The marking system which threatened to downgrade the exam results was not a "mutant algorithm" as claimed by the prime minister, but contained errors that were "predictable" and "could have been ...

Josiah Elleston-Burrell had done everything to make his dream of studying architecture a reality. But, suddenly, in the summer of 2020, he found his fate was no longer in his hands At last, Josiah ...

A former Ofsted chief told LBC that Ofqual "would have known their algorithm would hit the poorest hardest" and that there would be "an undue advantage" to independent sixth forms. After days of ...

It was a "fundamental mistake" to believe a controversial algorithm initially used for A-level and GCSE results would "ever be acceptable to the public", the head of the exams watchdog has said. Roger ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two senior officials have stood down in the wake of the A-level results fiasco, which Boris Johnson has since sought to blame on a ...

Exam board the WJEC has defended the process to decide this year’s exam grades as teachers, students and parents continue to complain it is unfair again. The WJEC stressed it was implementing a plan ...

A-LEVEL exam bosses reportedly want controversial algorithm results overturned and replaced with teachers’ predicted grades. Furious students have been protesting after a chaotic results day last ...

The former head of England’s exam regulator has said that last year’s grading fiasco was caused by “human-decision making” rather than a controversial algorithm. Thousands of A-level results were ...

UK – Following an announcement that England’s secondary school examinations are to be cancelled again in 2021, BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, has said algorithms should not be blamed for the ...

The figures come amid growing anger about this year’s exam results which were largely calculated by an algorithm Camilla Turner is The Sunday Telegraph's Political Editor. Her previous roles at The ...