Ofqual to review results delay

Exams regulator Ofqual is to review why some students have been left waiting for their results, the regulator confirmed in a statement on issued on Monday Evening.

According to the BBC the delay has affected approximately 2,000 students.

ASCL General Secretary Geoff Barton said:

"They’ve missed out not just on being able to celebrate with their friends last Thursday how they’ve done, they’re then in this kind of limbo as to whether they’re going to get their higher education course, and then they’re still worrying about whether they’re going to get the accommodation they need. Frankly, it’s not good enough.

Association of Colleges chief executive David Hughes said:

"“We have a lot of questions about what went wrong and the timing and sequence of events. We need to know at what point the awarding organisations became aware of problems and why they did not act more swiftly.

“We need to understand why they have not yet released any statement on the numbers of students without results and why they have failed to put up any spokesperson for the media.

“Students deserve better than distant and incomplete statements from the awarding organisations who should show more care for the ultimate customers of their qualifications.”