revert to using teacher submitted grades for a level results 2020

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

this is a call for the government to give all a level students their predicted grades as submitted by teachers earlier in the year. reverse the lowering of many grades across the uk impacted by the standardisation process, creating a fairer outcome for all students.

the appeals place currently in place is incredibly flawed as many people don’t do mock exams and mock exam results are often significantly lower than what student achieve in the real exam. furthermore it is not fair to expect students to retake exams they wish to change the result of in the autumn as students haven’t studied or been in full time education for six months with the stress of the pandemic

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

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

Key facts

Signatures 17

Status Rejected

Rejected 20 Aug 2020

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