Government must review unfair Exam Results after leaving students devastated

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

The Government should review the exam results given to hard working A Level and GCSE students, as many have been left with worse grades than predicted by their teachers.

GCSE and A Level students across the country have been awarded grades mostly determined by an algorithm, rather than the teachers who have an understanding of their potential.
Many diligent students have been left disappointed by their exam results; having achieved poorly purely because of a disadvantaged background and/or a school that has previously performed badly.
The unfair manner in which students’ grades have been decided must be corrected to show their individual capabilities.

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

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

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 20 Aug 2020

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