to stop the downgrading of the 2020 gcse and A levels · petition

What the petition asks

we want the government to stop downgrading the grades of the 2020 gcse and a levels for year 11 and year 13 students and to stop comparing the results to the last year who sat the gcses and A levels.

we feel its wrong for the government to down grade the exams because its doesn't matches with last year since after all we are all different people and what one person gets isn't the same as another. A unfair result could ruin a person life and could impact a person mental health and would cause social ridicule. it is unjust for the government to expect for year 11 and year 13 to give up there future ambitions because of bad grades that they wasn't meant to get just to make peoples jobs more easier.

Why it was rejected

The UK Government or Parliament was already taking the action it asked for.

Since you started your petition the Government has announced that GCSE and A-level students will receive their centre assessment grades: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/gcse-and-a-level-students-to-receive-centre-assessment-grades

Prior to this announcement being made, we had published the following petitions, calling for similar actions to your request:

Reverse all exam grades back to teacher’s own predictions: Reverse all exam grades back to teacher’s own predictions

Review the decision to use previous data to calculate exam grades: Review the decision to use previous data to calculate exam grades

Allow free and accessible appeals of GCSE and A Level calculated grades: Allow free and accessible appeals of GCSE and A Level calculated grades

Work with regulators and exam providers to clarify exam arrangements for 2021: Work with regulators and exam providers to clarify exam arrangements for 2021

Timeline

19 Jun 2020	Petition opened for signatures
20 Aug 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee