Ofqual chair Roger Taylor said it is a 'problem' that a far higher proportion of children get As and A*s in iGCSEs – typically taken by those at fee-paying schools - the reformed GCSEs taken by their state educated peers
Roger Taylor, the chair of Ofqual, said it is a “problem” that a far higher proportion of children get As and A*s in iGCSEs – the majority of which are taken by those at fee-paying schools - compared to their state educated peers who have sat the reformed GCSEs.
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