Malpractice in GCSE, AS and A level: summer 2019 exam series
Number of incidents of malpractice for GCSE, AS and A level in the summer exam series.
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Main trends
The main trends for malpractice in GCSE, AS and A level for the summer 2019 exam series were:
- Number of penalties issued to students rises slightly: 3,040 penalties were issued to students in 2019, an increase of 11% from 2018 (2,735), and representing 0.02% of entries.
- Mobile phones accounted for 46% of all student penalties (1,385 penalties in 2019, compared with 1,295 in 2018).
- Number of penalties issued to school or college staff decreases: 335 penalties were issued to staff, down from 650 in 2018. This involves a very small proportion of the total number of staff in England (nearly 350,000).
- Number of penalties issued to schools or colleges decreases: 110 penalties were issued to schools/colleges, down from 140 in 2018, involving just over 1.5% of centres.
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