Three days before young people on the Isle of Wight pick up their GCSE results, pressure is growing on the government to change the way their grades will be awarded.

Today (Monday), leaders in Northern Ireland scrapped a plan to calculate grades using a controversial algorithm that was also used for A-level results and, it is claimed, created a postcode lottery.

Instead, GSCE students in Northern Ireland will be awarded the grades predicted by their teachers.

Calls are growing for the English leaders to follow suit.

Read more: NI GCSEs students to be awarded grades predicted by teachers

Last Thursday, many Isle of Wight A-level students received lower grades that they had expected.

Read more: A-levels: Isle of Wight teachers call grade system 'misguided', government invites appeal

Island teachers called the process 'misguided' and pledged to challenge the results where they could.

Last week, leaders in Scotland scrapped algorithm-produced grades in favour of teacher assesed scores in a dramatic u-turn.

In England, the government is pointing students to a system of appeals - though not all are eligible to take part in the process.

Read more: Appeals over A-level and GCSE grades will be free for schools in England

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