Ms Andrea Feeney:

We do not routinely analyse it but those who are in receipt of the spelling and grammar waiver in the language subjects are subject to a modified marking scheme. Their results are marked in a different way to students who do not have the spelling and grammar waiver. Some external research has been done, not involving live examinations but mock examinations, that came up with a value of 10% associated with the potential impact of the spelling and grammar waiver.