This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Give A-Level Government and Politics candidates low grade boundaries
Due to the governments failure regarding Brexit, exam boards for politics struggled to be able to form very logical questions. Candidates therefore should be given very low grade boundaries in order to make up for the MAYhem caused.
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Should’ve left EU almost 3 months ago, aren’t leaving for another 4.
New exam specification that has had lack of resources for candidates, so already struggled.
Questions were bad so just reduce grade boundaries so it’s like 30 marks for a C
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
Grade boundaries are the responsibility of exam boards, not the UK Government or Parliament.
You can find out more here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-and-a-level-exams-how-marking-and-grading-works
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