Submitted on Thursday 13th August 2020
Rejected on Thursday 20th August 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)
Introduce a free appeals system to A-Level and GCSE students
Almost 40% of A-level assessments have been downgraded. All results that were downgraded should be withdrawn and be replaced with original estimates. Students should then be given the opportunity to challenge their results free of charge and without needing the permission of their school.
Pupils from poorer schools, with lower results historically, are due to get automatically marked down. The algorithm system unfairly penalises pupils who live in disadvantage areas and/or attend schools which have not historically performed as well. Their individual efforts and performance and their teachers predicted grades have been ignored - this is grossly unfair and robs them of potential opportunities that could benefit their future
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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
Allow free and accessible appeals of GCSE and A Level calculated grades: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/334013
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