If a seven, eight, or nine is printed under the heading band this means that the pupil has passed all units but failed the exam.

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As schools continue to empty, grammar schools are admitting children who failed the entrance exam.

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He failed the bar exam twice before passing.

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He failed his college entrance exam twice before enrolling in a local teachers college.

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Finally makes some money by tutoring college students for the same FA exam that he failed few years ago.

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Marvin Renslow failed to reveal two pilot exam failures in his job application.

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After three hard years, he took the entrance exam last January and failed.

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David Mabuza, a former education minister, has also failed to shine: education officials last year fiddled exam results.

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