Private schools gave out more generous GCSE grades than expected during the pandemic, new analysis suggests.
The analysis by FFT Education Datalab found that during 2020 and 2021, when full public exams were cancelled owing to the disruptions of Covid-19, private school teachers awarded higher GCSE grades than expected compared with peers working in state grammar schools.
Looking at pupils’ predicted performance in GCSE English and maths from National Pupil Database figures, FFT compared pupil performance at GCSE in selective grammar schools in the state sector with results awarded by private schools.
