Reverse downgrades of all English A-level results

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Like many other students, I received grades that were downgraded from my teacher predictions. Chemistry was consistently my strongest subject and I achieved 2 marks off an A* in mocks. Even so my prediction was standardised from an A* to an A. Leading me to miss my offer to study at Cambridge.

The "triple lock" system is not fit for purpose. Mocks are not standardised and vary wildly in their content from school to school. The standardisation process is equally flawed, in no way is it just that one's own results are influenced by the work of others.
We call upon the government to bring England in line with Scotland and reverse downgrades to honour teacher predictions. After all, a teacher will know their students better than any civil servant ever could.

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 18

Status Rejected

Rejected 20 Aug 2020

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