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This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament

Rejected petition Stop the 33% downgrade of 2020 A level and GCSE results

The Government Dept responsible for A-level and GCSE results have decided to reduce grades of students by up to 33%

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Genuine A* students with top university offers face not getting their firmed place.This is the life they have worked hard for and deserve. 
All students with conditional offers have their futures at risk due to this.

This petition was rejected

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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

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