A-level and GCSE to be graded according to predicted grades due to COVID.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Due to the prevailing virus and the inability to pass the exams in Spring 2020. Their work is reflected in predicted grades and grades from A-level and GCSE exams should be the same as the predicted grade.
I cannot imagine my child with asthma, in a mask and at risk of health, will write well.

Many students received lower grades than their predicted grades.
Students do not had a chance to demonstrate knowledge of subjects at the Spring 2020 exams. The grades should be identical to the predicted grades.
How students are under such stress, possibly wearing masks, unable to breathe normally, risking their health and life, write their exams well? In countries where children completed their A-level exams this year, the results were the worst compared to the results from previous years.

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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