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A fairer grading system for this years GCSE and A-level students.

Submitted on Friday 14th August 2020

Rejected on Thursday 20th August 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)

Petition Action

A fairer grading system for this years GCSE and A-level students.

Petition Details

The scrap the algorithm put forwards to determine grades. Students shouldn’t be disadvantaged by a statistical model of their schools results.

Additional Information

To recognise the system is flawed and unfair and the downgrading of state school pupils is reducing social mobility and giving giving further advantage to private school pupil who are not more able.


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This petition was rejected

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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