PREMIUM Pupil grades are being decided under the alternative certification model, which was drawn up after formal exams were cancelled due to Covid-19. Teachers are facing a flood of malpractice claims from parents who do not believe their children were treated fairly or equally under this year’s alternative certification model (ACM). The warning comes after schools began disclosing grades that will be submitted to the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA). Seamus Searson, General Secretary of the SSTA union, said he had heard that one school in a “well to do” part of the country received 90 complaints last week alone. He also told The Herald there had been a sudden rise in parents and learners making freedom of information (FoI) requests in a bid to identify significant variation or inequities in ACM arrangements.