First-year results for health and science T Level students will be regraded after the exams regulator found exam papers were not fit for purpose, FE Week can reveal.
An Ofqual review identified a catalogue of issues including question errors and inadequate mark schemes. The watchdog has now ruled that students’ grades did not validly measure their performance.
The “serious” incident comes after large numbers of students complained that they received lower than expected first-year grades over the summer for the flagship new qualification, citing severe problems with the core exam papers.
