Ofqual complaints about exam appeals

[creamteas]

Ofqual seems to be arguing that schools are putting too many appeals in against exam grades. Although the reports don't seem to mention any research on who is asking for the appeals either. (If they used MN in August, they would see that many parents are making these decisions )

They seem to be suggesting that the main reasons to appeal a high D grade at GCSE or high B grade at A level are school league tables.

This is clearly nuts. The potential benefits to the candidate is far greater, as future careers/university places can rest on these divisions.

I really hope they don't use this as an excuse to reduce the access to appeal either by criteria or by increasing the fees as that could be really unfair.

Because they are only interested to please the government to reduce the number of good grades comprehensive students get?

Do they investigate? They pretend to cf. English GCSE 2013.

That doesn't mean I think it is right - I expect it puts the whole system under enormous strain

System strain is not a good reason to undermine DC future. Resource the system properly. Accountability should be to the public, the kids.

If it were still possible to retake A level exams in January, then perhaps fewer of the students who narrowly missed out on A grades would have retaken the exams?
Surely OFQUAL and the Exam boards should have forseen that Appeals would go up now it is no longer possible to do January retakes?