A Level Remarking `Favours Those With Money` And Penalises `Working-Class Kids`, Union Claims
(World News UK)

The controversial system of A-level exam remarking has come under fire for lacking transparency and being more open to pupils who can afford to pay. Almost 15,000 teengagers last year had their A-level grades changed after schools paid exam boards fees of £30 and upwards to challenge results. But critics have slammed the system for giving an unfair advantage to independent schools who are more likely to be able to afford the fees than stretched comprehensives. Ed Harlow, NEU teachers’ union rep for the north London borough of Haringey, said: “It is an expensive process and it is one that is not available very often to inner-city schools or schools with limited resources....