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Closed Triple Lock for 2021 A Levels Exam Results

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The ‘triple lock’ system of exam results should be extended to those doing A Levels in 2021, whose education has been enormously disrupted by COVID-19. In doing so, students should get the best result out of their predicted grade, their mock result and their exam result.

Those taking A Levels in Summer 2021 have missed months of education and face missing more if there is a second wave of COVID. This risks our future prospects and therefore something needs to be done to protect us. Cutting out topics will not work as different schools learn topics in different orders so it is unfair to cut out certain topics. The only fair way of proceeding is by ensuring that our grades will be triple locked, right from the outset.

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    Share your views on how GCSE, AS and A level grades should be awarded in summer 2021

    Ofqual and the Department for Education have launched a consultation on how GCSE, AS and A level grades should be awarded in summer 2021. They'd like to hear from students who were due to take their exams, their parents and carers, their teachers, school and college leaders and others who have an interest, including further and higher education providers, and employers.

    The consultation outlines proposals for grades based on teacher assessment, and asks for views on these, including how teachers should be supported to make their assessments fairly and consistently.

    You can find out more about the consultation and contribute here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-how-gcse-as-and-a-level-grades-should-be-awarded-in-summer-2021

    The consultation closes at 11:45pm on 29 January 2021.

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