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Petition · past parliament

Give all students their CAGs across the UK, following the Scottish government.

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

Give all A-Level students their CAGs as Scotland have done so, as a failure to do this will put Scottish students at a significant benefit to other students within the UK who will have had their CAGs downgraded. With an estimated 39% of CAGs going to be downgraded the UK government must act.
Following the Scottish government's decision that all 125,000 downgraded grades will be reversed, students will be issued their CAG (teacher predicted grades) and this will lead to an estimated 20% jump in the pass rate and a record level of attainment overall. This will put Scottish students at an extreme advantage over other students within the UK as OFQUAL are following the same system as the SQA, UK students can expect the same harsh downgrades with up to 39% of grades set to be adjusted down, and thus for it to be as fair as possible the UK government must follow the Scottish government and award CAGs.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 19
Status Rejected
Rejected 17 Aug 2020

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.