Stop the 33% downgrade of 2020 A level and GCSE results · petition

What the petition asks

The Government Dept responsible for A Level and GCSE results has decided in their wisdom to reduce teacher chosen grades by up to 33%
We call on Boris Johnson to intervene now and stop this. No school is going to set a child up for something they cannot achieve, that would be senseless.

Genuine A* students with top university offers face not getting their firmed place, this is the rest of their lives being played with like they are pawns in the government’s game. This is the life they have worked hard for and deserve.

All students with conditional offers have their futures at risk, this is wrong... bright kids, deserving kids, hard-working kids having their futures ripped away.. please help us get this petition to parliament ASAP before more kids’ lives are destroyed.

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

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