Stop the 33% downgrade of 2020 A Level and GCSE Students

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Prevent the 33% downgrade on A Level and GCSE Students well-earned results, as they should be based on the work they have contributed and results they have achieved in mocks and other exams in the past.

It is unjust and detrimental to the mental health of young people that their conditional offers for sixth forms and university placements will be made to hang in the balance, discrediting their work and their efforts at the hands of a global pandemic.

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

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

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 20 Aug 2020

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