Cases of pupil cheating in exams increased by almost a fifth this year, and are now 66 per cent higher than before the pandemic, new data shows.
Ofqual data, published today, shows there were 4,895 cases of malpractice involving students this summer that resulted in penalties being applied, up from 4,105 in 2022 and 2,950 in pre-pandemic 2019.
The number of pupils caught cheating has jumped by 17 per cent year-on-year, from 3,985 last summer to 4,665 this year.
However, cases of cheating remain tiny in comparison to the number of exam entries, which stood at 17 million across GCSEs, AS and A-levels this year.
