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Leaked A-level boundaries reveal what students need to get an A

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Edexcel, one of the UK’s largest exam boards, has condemned a leaked report of their grade boundaries ahead of tomorrow’s results day (Picture: Getty)

A leaked report has revealed students who get almost half their answers wrong could still get an A in their A-Level maths exam.

Edexcel grade boundaries have been leaked the day before sixth formers across England, Wales and Northern Ireland are due to receive their A-level results.

Documents show students need to get 55% to get an A in maths, compared to 61% last year.

The exam is marked out of 300, with pupils only needing to get 43 right to pass with an E grade.

Students had complained the exam was too hard, but the exam board had said before the leak emerged that it was clear the paper was of an appropriate standard.

Edexcel, one of England’s largest exam boards, suffered another information leak earlier this year,  when questions from an A-level maths paper surfaced online ahead of pupils sitting the exam.

Their parent company, Pearson, said that grade boundary information is shared with schools a day in advance to help teachers prepare, adding that the information was shared via a password-protected, secure website.

Condemning the leak a Pearson spokeswoman said: ‘Our systems are working as they should and the information was shared today via a password-protected, secure website.

Students anxiously await getting their A-level results tomorrow (Picture: Getty)

‘Boards do ask schools not to share this widely to avoid unnecessary stress for students awaiting their results.

‘Schools are trusted to treat the info confidentially on behalf of their students and the vast majority do.’

Students have reported being ‘eaten up’ by  stress and anxiety in the lead up to their A-Level results.

Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, urged students ‘not to lose sleep over grade boundaries’.

He said: ‘We are extremely disappointed if grade boundaries have been leaked ahead of results day.

‘The problem is that anxious students will pore over this information trying to work out what this means for their results.

‘This is a pointless exercise because grade boundaries are set to allow for differences in the difficulty of papers so that students are not disadvantaged from one year to the next.

‘We would urge students against losing sleep over grade boundaries and to wait for their results tomorrow.’



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