Submitted on Friday 26th June 2020
Rejected on Thursday 20th August 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)
Do not downgrade 2020 GCSE and A-Level results
The Government has decided it may be necessary to reduce 1/3rd of the grades predicted for GCSE and A-Level students this year. This should not occur - teachers who have known students for years are likely to give more accurate predictions compared to the government.
A school is unlikely to give a student a grade they would absolutely be unable to achieve, it weakens their relationships with colleges and unis. This year thousands of students have had the power over their futures ripped away by coronavirus, and then again by the government deciding to change any grades.
The government cannot decide on a whim which students will suffer. There is no guarantee they will not take away the place of an A* student simply because things are not 'average' this year.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Since you started your petition the Government has announced that GCSE and A-level students will receive their centre assessment grades: 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: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/334491
Review the decision to use previous data to calculate exam grades: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306773
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