The exam board apologised for causing ‘upset and stress’.
Abigail Ward’s mother said she was shocked at the accusation that her daughter was racist
Abigail Ward, 16, is vegetarian and she wrote ‘which I find absolutely disgusting’ during the religious studies exam in June. However, that disqualification was overturned after Abigail explained that she was expressing her opinion of halal butchers as a strict vegetarian.
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