Does anyone know with any degree of certainty if Oxford and/or Cambridge really field candidates on the number of As? (Excluding low-performing schools/special case candidates)
I ask because this year ds's cohort did unexpectedly worse than they were expected to in some humanities subjects. The school is battling on with the exam board but no news yet.
It seems so unjust when in the year above 80% achieved A for Eng Lit and in ds's year (which was apparently a more able cohort) only 40% did.
Also I see that some schools (particularly private) routinely go for remarks which seems unfair on those students/parents who are less informed about the procedure or even that you can do this.
Obviously if you have generally low grades then it's curtains - but if you have 6A*s instead of 7, or 8 instead of 9 it seems not only tough but unfair.
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BrendaBlackhead · 14/10/2014 08:36
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