The widening regional attainment gap between north and south is “uncomfortable” but shows a “picture that needs to be seen”, Ofqual’s chief regulator said.
Dr Jo Saxton told Schools Week how this year’s results “hold up a mirror” for ministers as grades return to pre-pandemic levels.
A widening gap between London and the south east and the rest of the country was exposed in today’s results, with the north east hardest-hit.
Saxton said resolving this was “for policy makers” as her job has been focused on “making sure that the rules were the same for everyone in exams and that wherever somebody was in the country, they were being assessed in the same way”.
