Top A-level and GCSE grades are rationed, with more for the rich. And it’s not because of the pandemic

This question is not trivial. The exams debacle last month, in which the government attempted to give students a set of grades via a statistical calculation, highlighted the instinctive unfairness of rationing grades. But, in truth, top grades are rationed every year.

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