Private schools saw twice the amount of pupils awarded top A* and A grades today (13 August) than state schools with those in the poorest areas of England marked down most harshly, analysis of figures by exam regulator Ofqual shows.
Despite the number of A* and A grades increasing by 2.4 percentage points compared with last year, the use of a statistical model to calculate exam results saw 39 per cent of teacher-predicted grades marked down by one grade, figures show.
A further 3.5 per cent of students had teacher predictions marked down by one grade or more.
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