Scrap the A-Level and GCSE testing system

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

I want the Government to scrap the algorithms used to award A-Level and GCSE grades and revert, for this academic year, to predicted grades provided by schools.

The current system lacks fairness. It unjustly affects individuals based on where they go to school. It is arbitrary in its impact, and lacks a transparent and justified connection with the real efforts of individuals. It is demonstrably discriminatory, even if that is not the intention. The algorithm reflects the Government's decision to prioritise the overall pattern of results, disregarding the exceptional circumstances of 2020, at the expense of the interests of students and society.

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

15 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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