Submitted on Wednesday 25th March 2020
Rejected on Monday 30th March 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
COVID 19 special consideration for Year 12/10 students sitting exams 2021
Dispensation for students who are disadvantaged and whose grades/results will be adversely effected by self teaching using online resources which were not designed for that purpose. Students should be given special consideration e.g. using minimum expected grades, lower grade boundaries, coursework.
Students should be given special consideration due to the unprecedented global health crisis and its inevitable long term social and economic impact. Students will be disadvantaged for many reasons; school/college closures, self teaching, no opportunities for work experience, psychological well-being, loss of family/friends due to COVID 19, their own health, minimal support networks, access to home learning resources e.g internet, IT etc, home environment, additional responsibilities during isolation e.g care of siblings/family members, students facing disadvantage will be most vulnerable etc.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Decisions about exams are a matter for exam boards and individual schools, not the UK Government or Parliament. You can read the decision made by exam boards on what will happen to exams here:
www.gov.uk/government/news/further-details-on-exams-and-grades-announced
If you want the Government to review the decision to use previous data to calculate exam grades, you may wish to sign this petition:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306773
As a result of the large numbers of petitions people have tried to start on this issue, and following a large number of questions it received from petitioners about exams, the Petitions Committee asked the Government about the impact of coronavirus on schools and exams.
Watch all the questions and responses:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmHWDlzlxfA&feature=youtu.be&t=3771
Watch the responses to the following questions:
What was the reasoning behind the timing of school closures?
youtu.be/MmHWDlzlxfA#t=1h3m16s
What is happening with exams including GCSEs, A-levels, and SATs?
youtu.be/MmHWDlzlxfA#t=1h4m35s
What measures are in place to protect vulnerable children, those on free school meals, and the teachers and other staff who are still working in schools?
youtu.be/MmHWDlzlxfA#t=1h7m09s
When might schools re-open?
youtu.be/MmHWDlzlxfA#t=1hm12s
Exam cancellations and the current coronavirus pandemic can cause worry and stress. You can find information on how to deal with stress here:
Young Minds:
youngminds.org.uk/
Children’s Society:
www.childrenssociety.org.uk/mental-health-advice-for-children-and-young-people/issues-affecting-young-people
Childline:
www.childline.org.uk/info-advice/your-feelings/anxiety-stress-panic/coping-with-stress/
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
NHS website:
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
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