Yet again the TES fails to completely tell an accurate story. Despite their reporter being told that all the English exam boards recruit graduate non-teaching markers, as sanctioned by the NAA, the TES reports it as an Edexcel-only issue. Additionally, It calls our ePen onscreen marking system "controversial" - despite the fact that it has been tested thoroughly across ten exam series. To date six million students' exam scripts have been marked onscreen, producing more accurate marking than traditional "red-pen" marked exams. Edexcel will mark 3 million scripts this way in the next few months and will again be ready to release results at the end of July rather than the middle of August.

Jerry Jarvis
Managing Director, Edexcel