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Published in Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, Volume 17, Number 3, August 2010, pp. 315–334, DOI: 10.1080/0969594X.2010.491787.
The achievement rate of students at GCSE Grades A* to G cited as 88% included achievement in English and mathematics. Page 327, lines 24–25, should read as follows:
‘Almost 70% achieved five or more GCSEs (or the equivalent) grade A* to C; 88% achieved five or more GCSEs (or the equivalent) grade A* to G including English and mathematics; and 98% achieved five or more GCSEs (or the equivalent) grade A* to G (DCSF 2009c).’
The author sincerely regrets this error.