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Eton - naughty, naughty, naughty!

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cricketballs · 26/08/2017 12:14

"A teacher at Eton College breached exam security by inadvertently giving pupils confidential information before sitting a paper"

report on the BBC here

In reality there should be more that just Mo Tanweer in trouble - there are others who should be taking responsibility, such as the Exam Officer

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ImperialBlether · 26/08/2017 16:16

Does anyone remember that when Prince Harry was at Eton, his A level Art teacher had cheated, in that she'd produced his portfolio for him? She admitted this. She also said that she'd seen the head of sixth form (I think it was him) whispering to pupils during their exams.

I knew it happened in some schools. One of my A level students told me that his Maths teacher in his old school had written a lot of his answers for him - just took his pen off him and wrote them in! It's pretty obvious when the stakes are high (performance leagues, parents paying a fortune etc) there will be cheating. Exams shouldn't be invigilated by anyone at the school.

ImperialBlether · 26/08/2017 16:13

For any teachers reading this, these are Eton's statistics for A level in 2016 and here are their GCSE results.

meditrina · 26/08/2017 16:06

It's explained in the link on the other thread. The candidates are still getting marks as only one paper was invalidated, and it was wholly not the fault of the candidate. Do standard procedures (assessing and adjusting based on papers sat) has been used, just as it would be for other missing papers that were not the candidate's fault (injury, illness, fire etc)

bengalcat · 26/08/2017 16:03

As a parent I'd be furious at this - no idea how many boys sat Economics but the papers suggests their exam mark will be discounted

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cricketballs · 26/08/2017 12:27

thanks cat I was wondering why this hadn't hit MN!

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catslife · 26/08/2017 12:23

Link to other thread about this is here www.mumsnet.com/Talk/education/3016385-Eton-caught-cheating-on-Pre-U

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