Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Anger after GCSE result goes D to A in regrade
AN exam board is under fire after a GCSE student’s grade jumped from a D to just below an A* in a re-mark.
The fourth year’s mother Joanne told the BBC’S Stephen Nolan Show yesterday her daughter was “devastated and humiliated” after returning from holiday to find she had been graded D in the CCEA paper.
She said: “She rang me crying and said she had got a D in English Literature. She said that was not right. We paid £18 for that one paper to be remarked. It came back where she was a point off an A*.
“I rang the school and asked to speak to the head of year because this can’t happen. They were absolutely appalled.”
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Nolan also revealed that 676 students have requested their AS Level English Literature papers be revised.
On the show, Joanne also raised concerns about the knock-on effect of students losing out on an A-level place because their grades were wrong.
She said the D would have affected her daughter’s chances of getting into sixth form.
A spokesperson for the exam board said: “CCEA is currently looking into the matter surrounding GCSE and AS English Literature discussed on the Nolan Show this morning.
“One of the key challenges with English Literature is the need for examiners to make judgements about the candidates responses.
“However, in the case of GCSE English Literature, we recognise there are cases that require further investigation.”