Ofqual has said that pupils will not be able to appeal their centre-assessed grades, a prospect that schools had said they were anxious about.

Yesterday, Barnaby Lenon, chair of the Independent Schools Council, said allowing pupils to appeal the grades assigned to them by their teachers would be “the road to hell”.

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Now, the regulator has confirmed that pupils will not be able to appeal their CAGs.

A spokesperson for Ofqual said: “The direction we were given from the secretary of state stated that the appeals process should focus on whether the right data was used and applied and that is what we have put in place.

“As we have previously said, we considered carefully whether to allow students to challenge their teachers’ grading decisions in addition to this.

“On balance, we decided it would not be in the interests of students or the fairness of the arrangements overall - any appeal would have to be undertaken by someone better placed than a student’s teachers to judge their likely grade if exams had taken place and we don’t believe there is any such person.

“This means a student can’t appeal because they don’t agree with the centre assessment grade submitted by your school or college. This position has not changed.

“Students will, however, be able to raise a complaint to their centre if they have evidence of bias or that they were discriminated against in the grading process.”