Give Students the option to opt for Centre Assessment Grades as A-level Results

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

As a part of the appeals process, students should be allowed to opt for their Centre Assessment Grades calculated by our schools. 39% of teacher predicted grades have been downgraded by Ofqual's adjustment process leaving students like myself in distress as we are forced to settle for less.

Teachers are trained professionals who know us better than anyone else regarding our education. They have watched us grow and develop into the individuals we are today and are confident in their centre assessed grades, and we trust them to give us the grade we are truly able to attain. We should not be forced to fall back on mock results in appeal as they are only a practice run for the final exam, for which we have less time to prepare and cannot be standardised across the country. COVID 19 has already had a detrimental effect on everyone, so please do not make it worse by giving us a disadvantage with respect to our grades.

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

Timeline

13 Aug 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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