Last year independent schools appealed 7 per cent of exam results, figures revealed under Freedom of Information showed, while local authority schools appealed just 2.4 per cent of results.

In 2013, the year before the charges for exam appeals were introduced, local authority-run schools had a much higher appeal rate, challenging 6.5 per cent of all results, more than the 5.7 per cent of grades that were appealed by independent schools that year.

Labour said the system, where a fee is applied in cases where a review is lodged, but no change is made to the grade awarded, acts as a disincentive for councils to submit appeals.

Education spokesman Iain Gray said the figures showed students from state schools "are at a further disadvantage when it comes to their opportunities for success compared with those educated privately".

Read more at: https://www.scotsman.com/education/scottish-independent-schools-appeal-three-times-as-many-exam-results-1-5043545

See also: Retakes/Resits, Revision and External Candidates

Free schools meals for every child in primary school – funded by VAT-added private school fees says Corbyn

Laying out his plans to build "the best education service in the world" for Britain, Mr Corbyn said the Labour Party would pledge:

  • Free schools meals for every child in primary school – funded by VAT-added private school fees.
  • An end to "unnecessary" Sats exams.
  • An end to the "divisive" academy and free schools programme.
  • A guarantee that all primary school classes would cater for fewer than 30 pupils.
  • Thirty hours of free childcare for all two- to four-year-olds.
  • Free university tuition for all.

Jeremy Corbyn made the comments in Blackpool while setting out plans for a new National Education Service, to be included in the Labour manifesto, which aims to ensure “everyone can learn at every stage of their lives”.

Read more at: https://www.tes.com/news/corbyn-teachers-are-plugging-gaps-left-cruel-cuts