Award 2021 Year 13's A Level and BTEC grades based solely on predicted grades

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

We would like the government to award the current cohort of Year 13's (Upper Sixth) A Level, AS and BTEC grades based solely on the predicted grades we received at the end of last academic year or the start of this academic year.

We want the government to do this as the algorithm used last year was a disaster and we do not want to be in the same situation this year. Secondly, we want the government to trust the educators whom they employ and trust that they have predicted us fair and accurate grades. We would also like the government to offer a resit period as early as possible for those unhappy with their predicted grades.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: Allow teacher predicted grades for BTEC students

Since you started your petition the Education Secretary has said that this year the Government will "put our trust in teachers rather than algorithms" for GCSEs and A-levels: https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-01-06/debates/D2A64DD9-6A6B-4EAB-8001-C3BACDE25B02/Covid-19EducationalSettings

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Cancel GCSEs and A Levels in 2021: Cancel GCSEs and A Levels in 2021

Cancel GCSE and A-levels in 2021 replace with Course Work and Teacher Assessment: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/

Timeline

4 Jan 2021	Petition opened for signatures
12 Jan 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 12 Jan 2021

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