Schools make late exam entry fee savings of over £1 million
Over £1 million has been saved by schools in exam entry fees last year as a result of entering more pupils on time.
This comes even with the exam entry cost increasing.
As reported by Schools Week, the number of late entries fell from three per cent last year to 2.8 per cent this year across GCSE and AS/A-level entries, Ofqual’s latest figures show.
For every pupil entered late, schools must pay a premium to exam boards.
The price of an exam doubles if a pupil is entered late and may triple if entered very late, at each of OCR, Pearson, WJEC and AQA.
This year, the average entry fee for English language GCSE and maths GCSE was £35 across all exam boards.
Given nearly 440,000 late GCSE entries across all subjects, Schools Week estimates schools paid £15.4 million in late fees on top of the regular cost of entry.
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