By Terri-ann Williams For Mailonline
Published: 01:44 BST, 19 June 2019 | Updated: 07:47 BST, 19 June 2019
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Exam bosses have replaced a Further Maths A-Level paper and have called in police after discovering the source of a leak which saw the questions revealed online.
Last week an Edexcel maths exam was circulated, resulting in the exam board having to launch a cheating probe.
Pearson, Edexcel's parent company has now decided to replace the test paper, which was due to be sat by around 7,000 students on Thursday.
Senior vice president of schools at Pearson, Sharon Hague, said in a that the security breach last week has now been referred to police, who have been asked to investigate it as a criminal matter.
Two questions were leaked online ahead of students sitting an A-level maths paper last week and replacement papers are now being produced (stock image of students sitting exams)
According to Pearson the probe revealed that a package containing the paper had been opened by individuals at the centre.
However, it did reassure students and parents that there was no evidence to suggest that the withdrawn test or any of
