ONE of the district’s headteachers has branded a decision to include mock exams in the A-level appeal system as “bizarre”.
Kieran McGrane, of Ponteland High School, spoke out after revealing Ponteland’s overall picture was in line with previous years, with 25 per cent of all grades awarded A*-A or equivalent; 50 per cent A*-B, and 70 per cent A*-C.
He said: “The late decision to include mock exam grades within the appeal system is bizarre, but will be welcomed by a number of our students as approximately 55 per cent of them will see an increase in at least one subject grade, assuming that the appeal system, as yet unclear, affords them this reprieve.
“The concern about using mock exams is that they are conducted in very different ways across schools. To suggest that these grades are somehow more relevant than the CAGs that have been submitted is an affront to schools.”
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