Petition · past parliament · Department for Education

Give students who got A-level results in 2020 options for alternative grades

Closed 103 signatures

What the petition asks

The U-turn over exam grading in 2020 didn't help all students. There were some students who received lower grades as a result of the Government’s decision, through no fault of their own. Many of these kids are still appealing their grade, even almost 8 months later.
Contingency measures had been put in place to ensure they could do exams in 2021 but now with exams being cancelled they are concerned that history will repeat itself.

We need the Government to ensure that measures are put in place to safeguard kids who received lower grades than expected last year and are being prevented from doing exams. This could be achieved by:

*Letting them have their UCAS predicted grades or target grades as a final grade
*Letting them use their AS Grades from 2019.
*Enabling all students to easily appeal their grade

Timeline

26 Mar 2021 Petition opened for signatures
26 Sep 2021 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 103
Status Closed
Department Department for Education
Opened 26 Mar 2021
Closed 26 Sep 2021

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.