Make 2020 GCSE grades have no effect on university admissions for all students

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

Since 2020 GCSE grades will be incredibly inconsistent and may have a high proportion of grades lowered, i believe the government should advise universities/employers to not weigh 2020 GCSE grades at all when considering applications, as ‘our’ results will not be indicative of our abilities.

The overall system that is being used to calculate GCSE grades for all candidates is deeply unfair and may negatively affect all students, and specifically those from a lower-class background. It is very well known that various teacher-predicted grades will be dropped due to ‘generosity’, thus potentially causing thousands of students-particularly those that come from lower-income backgrounds and those that go to lower-performing schools (including me) will be penalised for very little reason.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

Decisions about university admissions are a matter for individual universities, not the UK Government or Parliament.

We have published the following related petition, which you might like to sign:

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

Timeline

6 Aug 2020	Petition opened for signatures
11 Aug 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 16

Status Rejected

Department Department for Education

Rejected 11 Aug 2020

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