Cancel the awarding of U grades from the A-level results in 2020.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Cancel the U grades awarded by the algorithm for the 2020 A-level results. Students should not walk away with nothing to show for their time when many have worked hard to get towards an E or a D. The potential exception to this being if the teacher prediction was a U.

As an experienced teacher I know that mock exams almost always elicit lower grades than final grades, especially from the students at the lower end of the grades. A student who fails an early mock is not often one who fails the course. When we teach students to learn from their mistakes, persevere and work harder in order to improve it is unacceptable to dish out U grades in the current circumstances. The mock exam caveat is unlikely to help many at the lower end of the grading system.

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
26 Aug 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 26 Aug 2020

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