THE mother of a Dorset teen affected by the Edexcel A level maths paper leak is calling on MP Michael Tomlinson to raise the issue in parliament.

The mother, who has asked not to be named, is the parent of a student at Canford School which, along with many state and grammar schools, was affected by the leak of Paper 3 of Edexcel's A Level Maths last week.

She told the mid-Dorset MP that students could be 'emotionally harmed' and claimed some were 'going so far as suggesting they wished to ‘kill’ themselves in online comments'.

"My daughter is a hardworking 18-year-old who has a conditional offer to study medicine from September 2019," she said. "She has been devastated by this year's Edexcel maths A-level paper."

She said the exam had not been a 'fair test' and consequently 'could not be graded fairly'.

"Papers 1 and 2 were unreasonably hard and did not represent the syllabus," she claimed. "The exam contained questions on areas that had not been taught in the ‘single’ maths syllabus. It favoured those who had studied ‘further’ maths or those who are natural mathematicians. It did nothing for the ‘hard workers’ who have learnt the syllabus and require high grades for entry to their chosen university courses."

She said she did not understand how the paper could now be fairly graded.

"Adjusting grade boundaries does not account for the ‘human factor’; those people who care and wish to achieve were emotionally devastated during the exam and this will have compromised their performance in maths and in any remaining A-levels exams. For those ‘cheats’ who obtained Paper 3 prior to the exam they will have unfairly raised their overall score," she claimed.

"In essence those honest and hardworking students are the losers in this sorry tale. This cohort will be affected by this travesty and ultimately may not succeed in their chosen career. They may also be emotionally harmed with some students going so far as suggesting they wished to ‘kill’ themselves in online comments."

And she said that a police investigation would 'only target the perpetrators and does nothing for the victims'.

"I and all the ‘honest’ students in Dorset, and indeed nationally, desperately require this to be raised in parliament."

The mum told the Echo that around two hours before the exam, her daughter had called her in tears regarding news of the leaked paper.

"Emotionally and psychologically it is incredibly damaging for the children who see it as the end of the world," she told the Echo.