The Chris Woodhead agony column in The Times has this recent question and answer:

Your correspondent from Kent may have been a bit harsh in blaming a school for the problems over ICT coursework (Answer the Question, February 18). I teach computing and know of schools where teachers have taught according to the exam board guidelines, only to discover that those guidelines have been changed in the middle of the course! Boards can sometimes post changes on their websites, where schools are presumed to have seen them. Most teachers don’t have time to check websites on the off-chance that something may have changed!

Gill Bullen, Southampton

Thank you! I did not think the examination boards could be so stupid. Silly me!

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