Does giving a different paper to ~140 (0.2%) VI students meet Ofqual requirements? Another real issue being diluted: intentional discrimination. A small,group of disabled students marked separately, not because of their ability, but for access needs.They deserved equal papers, grading, stats.
“Confident….” - how on earth can they now justify a 3D vectors question in the enlarged paper ONLY sat by VI students? spatial reasoning & depth perception etc are especially challenging for some VI students e.g. with limited sight in just one eye, even with adaptations. They haven’t got a clue 😡
My Ofqual response & Pearson announcement saying the same.still not saying why & how they can set a separate grade boundary for 0.2% of cohort (~111 students 2024 data), it is not statistically possible. Nor is a fair boundary for whole exam for these students. Waiting on reply to exams office
Yes thanks. it could have been harder, some suggest. No one can possibly say, every student has strengths/weaknesses. He just wanted to have sat the same paper as everyone else & not have the added stress of this & not knowing how it will be graded. 🤞 it works out for this tiny group
Absolutely. I’ve shared what I know & have done as a parent of a VI student who was so shocked to find out he’d sat a totally different paper.
I’ve now found this link to a post with the modified enlarged paper questions. Son confirmed this is the different paper he sat. No diagram booklet, but at least you can see them if you want to. He took it in today as college still don’t have a copy! Hope it works Clickhate (@packetlose)
Our exams office has since raised a formal case with Pearson, addressing concerns about why, fairness, statistical equivalence across small numbers etc. It’s now with Pearson’s complaints team. We await their response – there’s no pre-prepared answer for this next stage. Please encourage yours to.
I’ve sent a formal complaint to Ofqual. I too strongly urge you to raise complaints to both Pearson & Ofqual, regardless of viewpoint.
Ofqual: complaints@ofqual.gov.uk public.enquiries@ofqual.gov.uk
Pearson: customersupport.reply@pearson.com +44 (0)344 463 2535
Even if the number affected is <0.1% of ~£55k students (2024 total), this matters. Different papers, different playing field, different grade stats. It affects trust in the whole system. Pearson must be held accountable. If this happened to the majority it would be a national scandal
This isn’t about a printing error. Knowingly sending entirely different papers to a small group of disabled students -without clarity or equivalent difficulty—is discriminatory. Historically, enlarged papers match standard ones, with only ‘reasonable adjustments’. Evidence per online past papers
The link in the response posted about exam paper delivery mentions different log numbers for the 2 versions. I believe this is worded to avoid drawing attention, but shows Pearson knew the papers were different before sending. See pic
Son only realised he’d sat a different paper later, panicked, thinking he’d done the wrong exam. Hours of searching, I found Reddit posts confirming others had experienced the same. Our exams office queried Pearson and received the same pre-prepared response as posted by Tom almost by return.
As a parent of a visually impaired student who sat Edexcel Maths Paper 2 (enlarged modified), I’m sharing key points to add visibility and credibility. My son sat a completely different paper. I believe this is a serious case of maladministration & discrimination. Apologies for several posts now
