Article: No spelling corrections, no red crosses, and no failures...the scandalous fraud of A-levels today; A former woman head teacher, with 30 years' experience, exposes how exam marking has now become so warped by political correctness and legal threats that results are virtually meaningless.

High standards in English are, in my opinion, the finest passport to success at university and beyond. So it was a great shock to return to marking exam papers after a break of 20 years.

I went to a meeting for new markers of the A2 English Literature exam. A2, or Advanced GCE, is the equivalent of the second year of what used to be called A-levels.

Ostensibly to train examiners, the purpose of the meeting was far more insidious - to warn us to not talk about our work to outsiders. We were then given photocopies of papers already marked by team leaders. I could not believe how high the marks were.

One essay scarcely began to answer the question. ...

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