AI incident
UK A-level grading algorithm downgraded students
Ofqual (UK) · 2020
Organisation
Ofqual (UK)
Year
2020
Failure mode
Bias
Severity
critical
Domain
Education & vocational training
Source
Ofqual, 2020
What happened
An automated grading model systematically downgraded disadvantaged students and was withdrawn.
What would have prevented it
FRIA + transparency + an appeal/override path
Requirements this maps to
Editorial cross-reference from our prevention note — it is not a finding that any law was breached.