Appeals against GCSE and A-level exam grades have plummeted below pre-Covid levels in the wake of the pandemic grading fiasco.
Ofqual announced today that 2,460 grades were challenged last year, equating to 0.04 per cent of the 6.1 million certificates issued. This is 23 per cent lower than in 2018-19, the last year to use normal grading and appeals systems.
Exams were cancelled in both 2020 and 2021 because of Covid, with teacher assessed grades awarded instead.
This prompted a sharp increase in the proportion of top grades, as well as huge upset in 2020 when moderation had to be abandoned after widespread downgrading.
