This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Award A level grades predicted by schools and colleges if higher than results.
Award all A level students in England and Wales the grades originally estimated by their schools and colleges or the grade they received on results day, whichever is the higher.
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Almost 40% of 2020 A level students have been downgraded by Ofqual's use of an unfair grading algorithm based on the supposed past performance of their schools and colleges. This grades the school, not the student.
In addition, students in schools and colleges with smaller classes (mostly private schools) have been allowed to keep A levels grades awarded by teachers, whilst students in FE and Sixth Form colleges have been subjected to this faulty algorithm, leading to lowering of their grades.
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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
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