John Wood, incoming chairman of the Independent Schools Association, said competition between major exam boards had damaged the “integrity” of the system.
He said it “cannot be right” that examiners can make money from selling advice to schools while also setting objective tests.
The comments came after a Daily Telegraph investigation into exam boards in England and Wales.
Last month, undercover reporters filmed senior examiners advising teachers at £230-a-day seminars about the exact wording that pupils should use and which questions they could expect.
Ofqual is now investigating the role of the advice sessions amid fears teachers are being given unfair help. It could lead to them being abolished or subjected to new regulations.
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