AN investigation is under way after students' GCSE exam papers meant for a marker ended up at the wrong address.
Barbara Keating opened the package before realising it was not addressed to her.
Inside were 15 completed exams scripts for a Government and Politics paper from the Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations board (OCR).
Ms Keating, of Jesmond, Newcastle, contacted the exam board and was told to pop the papers through the right door.
Ms Keating said: "I immediately contacted the OCR by telephone and I just got passed from one person to another.
"Initially they didn't even want to know my name and just asked me to put the papers through the letterbox of the examiner. I refused.
"Eventually they agreed to have them collected from my home."
The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) said the incident was a rare occurrence.
A spokesman said: "Misdeliveries such as this are extremely unfortunate, but rare.
"This incident will not disadvantage students in any way.
"We have insisted that they are collected by OCR and delivered to the correct examiner."
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