> personaly I object in principal to us estimating grades full stop It's clearly a massive kludge - those rankings are only estimates, lots of kids would have

> personaly I object in principal to us estimating grades full stop It's clearly a massive kludge - those rankings are only estimates, lots of kids would have performed better or worse than estimated, and effectively they are being granted grades based on a whole load of factors other than their own actual performance. I feel very sorry for them.