The government should not downgrade 33% of students GCSE and A level results

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

I want them to not do a 33% downgrade on students GCSE and A levels

I’m in year 11. I have been looking forward to my GCSEs for five years - my secondary school education . I understand that they had to be cancelled due to Covid 19 concerns however these results are an important part of my future and I believe the government is just messing with it . They are going to downgrade 33% of our GCSEs and A level results . That’s quite a lot. And it would be unfair because if this was just a normal year and teachers predicted me a grade I could have gotten the grade .

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

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 20 Aug 2020

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