The education secretary James Cleverly has condemned a series of mistakes in exam papers and advance information, dubbing them “unacceptable”.
The cabinet minister said in a letter published today: “While there were only a small number of substantive errors, including those related to advance information, any errors are unacceptable and risk causing unnecessary stress for students, who have worked so hard to prepare for their exams”.
It appears to be the first time ministers have been forced to acknowledge such problems with this summer’s exams, the first in three years after Covid disruption.
