Director of calculated grades office was not 'scathing' about exclusion of historic school data

Freddie Sherry claims he had a legitimate expectation the historical school data would be included and the decision to exclude it was unlawful, unfair, unreasonable and irrational. File image

The director of the calculated grades office has rejected claims that a document circulated by her contained “scathing criticisms” of the exclusion of historical school data from a calculated grades model, the High Court has heard.

Andrea Feeney had said in an affidavit she had made no “scathing criticisms” of the data and had also said the document was not a briefing document for the Minister for Education, Eileen Barrington SC, for the Minister and State, said.