Thousands of A-level pupils have launched a campaign on Facebook against an exam paper which they claim included unfair questions.

The A-level paper has prompted an instant online protest.

The AQA biology paper taken on Monday has prompted an instant online protest – with allegations that questions did not match what pupils had studied.

“I’ve spent six months working hard… and only one out of the eight questions had any relevance,” writes one student.

The exam board promises that markers will take these concerns into account.

Although saying that the exam paper was not incorrect, the exam board has responded sympathetically to the complaints.

This is the first year this exam specification has been taken and the AQA board says this can cause uncertainty about what should be studied.

It has promised that both marking and the awarding of grades will take these concerns into consideration.

More than 3,000 students have been sending angry messages to the Facebook group about a paper which they have labelled a “disgrace” – including fears that this could damage their applications for degree courses.

‘Robbed’

They want markers to recognise that there were problems with the paper – and claim that pupils thought initially that they were facing a different exam subject.

“We all feel we’ve been robbed of our time (during lessons and revising) and our university places,” says one pupil.

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