Editing Edexcel (section)

==== Extremely low A-level mathematics grade boundaries ====
After a leak of the A-Level Grade Boundaries ahead of results day, it emerged that in order to pass the new specification Mathematics A-Level (9MA0), candidates needed to score 14% (43 marks out of 300) to pass.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/Support/Grade-boundaries/A-level/gce-subject-grade-boundaries.pdf|title=Pearson Edexcel 2019 A-Level Grade Boundaries|at=Page 15}}</ref> [[Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations|OCR]] (another British exam board) also had similarly low grade boundaries. After these extremely low grade boundaries added flavour to many news headlines, [[Ofqual]] said that they were confident the grade boundaries this year were "sound", so shifted their focus onto the previous year's grade boundaries for the new Mathematics A-Level for the 2,000 students who sat it after studying it for one year. Ofqual said "We want to understand why the grade boundaries were so different between the two years.", and had called the significant shifts in boundaries "unusual".<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />

None of the exam boards decided to re-open the 2018 award, after being asked to look at them again by the regulator. This could potentially result in students who sat the new specification Mathematics A-Level (9MA0) in 2018 having their results changed.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tes.com/news/exclusive-ofqual-investigating-a-level-maths-grades|title=Exclusive: Ofqual investigating A-level maths grades|website=Tes|language=en|access-date=2019-08-17}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.publicfinance.co.uk/news/2019/08/ofqual-investigating-validity-level-maths-results|title=Ofqual investigating validity of A level maths results {{!}} Public Finance|website=www.publicfinance.co.uk|access-date=2019-08-17}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tes.com/news/a-levels-maths-grades-probe-about-justice-say-heads|title=A-level maths grades probe about 'justice', say heads|website=Tes|language=en|access-date=2019-08-17}}</ref>