Students sitting A-Level exams have complained after they were set an Edexcel Maths C1 non-calculator paper which contained questions they say required a calculator.

Leaked documents show that A level maths candidates had to get just 55 per cent of answers correct to score an A grade this year.

Grade boundaries for Edexcel ‘s maths A-level show students who gained 165 out of a possible maximum of 300 marks (55 per cent) will be awarded an A.

Just over half marks needed for A in A-level maths, leaked documents show Leaked grade boundaries show that scoring 14.3% overall in Edexcel’s A-level maths qualification would result in an E grade.

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of theft after questions from an A Level maths exam sat by nearly 60,000 students were leaked online.

New maths exam The leaked Edexcel documents, first reported in the Daily Telegraph, show A-level maths candidates needed 55% to get the A grade, while candidates with the OCR board needed 54%.