Submitted on Saturday 15th August 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 26th August 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)
Cancel the awarding of U grades from the A-level results in 2020.
Cancel the U grades awarded by the algorithm for the 2020 A-level results. Students should not walk away with nothing to show for their time when many have worked hard to get towards an E or a D. The potential exception to this being if the teacher prediction was a U.
As an experienced teacher I know that mock exams almost always elicit lower grades than final grades, especially from the students at the lower end of the grades. A student who fails an early mock is not often one who fails the course. When we teach students to learn from their mistakes, persevere and work harder in order to improve it is unacceptable to dish out U grades in the current circumstances. The mock exam caveat is unlikely to help many at the lower end of the grading system.
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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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