Four students at a school in Suffolk have been reading the wrong book for their final A-Level exam in English Literature.

The pupils from Newmarket College were supposed to be studying Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

However, staff had failed to spot the change in syllabus, meaning the students have instead been reading Bram Stoker's Dracula for the past two years.

The error was caught two weeks before the exam, which takes places on June 6.

According to Metro, 18-year-old Abbie Stallabrass said: "The teacher was being strangely nice when we went into the classroom.

"Then she said there has been a cock-up and the text you have been studying has not been in the exam. I was so angry I couldn't even speak.

"It makes you worry there are serious problems with communication within the school. We now have to cram about eight months work into ten hours [of lessons]. I can't believe it."

Headmaster of the school Dr Bob Cadwalladr stated: "I am mortified and very upset for the four students involved and their parents. I have talked to the teacher involved about what happened, and why, and how we can avoid anything like this happening again.

"We have made formal representation to the exam board for special consideration for the students involved as none of this was their fault."

A representative from exam board AQA said: "Boards do change set texts from time to time and we ensure that we let schools know.

"Where a school has taught the wrong text by mistake, we work with them to find a solution so that students aren't disadvantaged.

"In this case, we have made arrangements that students will be able to refer to Dracula in part of their responses and their answers will be marked as normal."

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