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Exam cheating at Britain’s elite schools

WHEN news broke last August of an examination cheating scandal at top public schools Eton and Winchester, few in Britain had heard of pre-U exams.

When the details of the cheating were revealed, it became clear that, in many independent schools, these examinations are taken instead of A-levels.

As if the playing field wasn’t sufficiently uneven, many privately educated pupils are able to get their qualifications for entry to university by taking examinations which most teachers, let alone the public, didn’t know existed.

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