GCSE students bombarded an exam board with complaints after insisting their maths paper was leaked online before they sat it.

Pupils tweeted photos claiming to show the paper had been published online just hours before they took it on Tuesday.

6 GCSE pupils claim their paper was leaked online before they sat it Credit: Getty - Contributor

6 Students posted photos supposedly showing the same paper published online beforehand

6 Pupils insisted other students saw the paper beforehand

But examiners Pearson Edexcel insist those photos of the GCSE maths paper were a “hoax”.

Angry students have demanded a resit for the foundation paper one exam.

One pupil tweeted: “They were the same questions. Not too happy knowing that others had one hell of an advantage over me.”

Another posted: “Can’t you just make a new one or annul it?”



STUDENTS' EXAM RAGE

“Because this isn’t fair for those that actually say [sic] the exam and passed with their own sweat and their own brain.”

One student raged: “The questions are the exact same as the exam.

“How is this fair cos I will not resit that paper - you can fine us all you want.”

6 Other pupils demanded a resit and said people may have cheated

6 But other pupils insisted they didn't want to retake the paper

Students were adamant the exam was posted online around four or five am on the day of the exam.

They posted online snaps of the paper and took to Twitter to voice anger that students may have cheated.

But other pupils were annoyed at the thought of retaking the paper, and cast doubt on claims it had been leaked.

One said: “There was only pictures of the exam after the exam.

6 Some questioned how it could be a hoax if the photos showed the same questions

The questions are the exact same as the exam. How is this fair? I will not resit that paper Angry pupil

“How do we fully know the people had it before the exam, since I only saw pictures of it a few hours after I sat my exam?

“It isn’t fair that I have to still sit there, work really hard just to know I’ll have to resit.”

Another pleaded: “Please don't resit this. This is unfair for ppl who revised all day and night.”

A Pearson Edexcel spokesman was adamant images of the maths exams circulating on social media beforehand were a hoax.

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A spokesman tweeted: “We understand that students want to be confident in a level playing field.

“Our papers are secure and we encourage anyone who is offered papers for sale to contact us immediately, as these are most likely to be a scam.

“We wish all students sitting their exams the very best of luck.”

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