OCR

“The committee remains open to further reductions in the OCR as required for inflation to settle sustainably near the 2.0% target midpoint in the medium term,” it added.

Jill Duffy, chief executive of the exam board OCR, has said these pupils end up getting stuck in a years-long cycle of resits - and that we're now seeing a "resit crisis".

In a statement released by OCR, Ms Duffy called for "fundamental reform to Maths and English secondary education - especially at Key Stage 3".

Jill Duffy, the head of the OCR exam board, said there was a "resit crisis".

Ms Duffy, from the OCR, said it could be because Spanish was a "massive global language" and Spain was a popular holiday destination.