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11/10/2012
Thousands To Resit English GCSE
Some 45,000 students will resit their English GCSEs next month following a dispute over grades, the BBC has reported.
The broadcaster has said figures given to them by exam boards show that the number to resit is about one in 14 of those who took the exam earlier this year.
Pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland were offered the chance to redo part or all of their GCSE English after complaining they had been downgraded.
Exam boards said they were offering the English resits free of charge to schools as a response to strength of feeling on the issue.
The AQA board, which has the largest market share for English GCSE, said in an earlier statement that it had "followed the correct procedures and awarded the right grades" but understood students' disappointment.
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The broadcaster has said figures given to them by exam boards show that the number to resit is about one in 14 of those who took the exam earlier this year.
Pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland were offered the chance to redo part or all of their GCSE English after complaining they had been downgraded.
Exam boards said they were offering the English resits free of charge to schools as a response to strength of feeling on the issue.
The AQA board, which has the largest market share for English GCSE, said in an earlier statement that it had "followed the correct procedures and awarded the right grades" but understood students' disappointment.
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