Reverse the decision to unfairly downgrade 2020 A Level Results

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

The government should reverse the decision to downgrade around 35% of grades given out on A Level results day 2020, as the system used to determine these grades is unfair and unjust to this cohort of students.

The way the government, in particular Gavin Williamson, have handled the 2020 A Level results is shocking and unfair on the thousands of students that have worked tirelessly to achieve, only for an unjust algorithm to take away opportunities for this cohort of students.

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 15

Status Rejected

Rejected 20 Aug 2020

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