Mr. Martin Marjoram:

I will answer the question on the rankings provided by teachers as part of the calculated grades process. We had a clear understanding that the information, which is extraordinarily sensitive and could have serious implications for particularly vulnerable students, would only be revealed as part of an appeal process or a request for data. We were dismayed to hear differently and that it is being made available through a portal. We have made very strong representations on this because all members co-operated with something that was almost anathema to them, to put such rankings down on paper, and put down on paper the position of children they had supported and kept in school and whose morale and confidence they had boosted. We are very concerned about the correct treatment of the data. We have made very strong representations and we continue to do so. We have had meetings with the Department about it. There is ongoing discussion and we hope for a change in the approach. We have had numerous and very strong representations from members who feel incredibly strongly about this particular issue. I thank the Deputy for raising it.