A-level students face frantic scramble to get university places under Labour plans
claim the plan, announced ahead of A Level results day on Thursday would help poor and ethnic minority students because they often outperform their predicted results.
said: “Predicted grades are wrong in the vast majority of cases, and disadvantaged students in particular are losing out on opportunities on the basis of those inaccurate predictions.Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner
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