This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Stop the 33% downgrade of 2020 A level and GCSE results
To stop the government unnecessarily, illogically and cruelly penalising students for having had their studies disrupted by a global pandemic.
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Students have not had the opportunity to complete summer assessments, they have had so much taken away from them, and now their grades are being marked down.
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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: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/334491
Review the decision to use previous data to calculate exam grades: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306773
Allow free and accessible appeals of GCSE and A Level calculated grades: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/334013
Work with regulators and exam providers to clarify exam arrangements for 2021: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/312570
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