Stop the 33% downgrade of 2020 A level and GCSE results

The Issue

A-level and GCSE results will be handed out in August this year on the normal date expected, with results based on work so far, mock exam results, teacher assessments and other factors. Each school has someone to sign this off, that person is accountable and their calculations will have to stand up to scrutiny. 
The Government Dept responsible for this has decided in their wisdom to reduce those grades by up to 33%

We call on Boris Johnson to intervene now and stop this. No school is going to set a child up for something they cannot achieve, that would be senseless. 
Uni places already hang in the balance. The govt has already u turned on the date results will be available and children’s mental health is suffering. 

Genuine A* students with top university offers face not getting their firmed place, this is the rest of their lives being played with like they are pawns in the government’s game. This is the life they have worked hard for and deserve. 

All students with conditional offers have their futures at risk, this is wrong... bright kids, deserving kids, hard-working kids having their futures ripped away.. please help us get this petition to parliament ASAP before more kids’ lives are destroyed. 

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The Issue

A-level and GCSE results will be handed out in August this year on the normal date expected, with results based on work so far, mock exam results, teacher assessments and other factors. Each school has someone to sign this off, that person is accountable and their calculations will have to stand up to scrutiny. 
The Government Dept responsible for this has decided in their wisdom to reduce those grades by up to 33%

We call on Boris Johnson to intervene now and stop this. No school is going to set a child up for something they cannot achieve, that would be senseless. 
Uni places already hang in the balance. The govt has already u turned on the date results will be available and children’s mental health is suffering. 

Genuine A* students with top university offers face not getting their firmed place, this is the rest of their lives being played with like they are pawns in the government’s game. This is the life they have worked hard for and deserve. 

All students with conditional offers have their futures at risk, this is wrong... bright kids, deserving kids, hard-working kids having their futures ripped away.. please help us get this petition to parliament ASAP before more kids’ lives are destroyed. 

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The Decision Makers

Department for Education
We are aware of a petition on Change.org based on a misapprehension about the way young people will be allocated grades for their GCSEs and A levels this summer. The petition being circulated on social media suggests there will be a blanket downgrading of all students’ grades by up to 33%. This is not true. Reality: This year, all exams in England were cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak. We worked with Ofqual, the qualifications regulator, to develop a system whereby schools and colleges provide grades for students and then these grades are standardised by the exam boards to ensure national consistency and comparability to previous years. Thanks to this, young people can feel assured that the grades they receive this year will have the same currency as in any other year. Any students who do not feel the process has been followed correctly will have the right to appeal, and any who are not happy with their grades will have the opportunity to take exams in the autumn. Any adjustments made as a result of standardisation will be determined by exam boards for each subject in each school and college, based on the evidence, to make sure standards are consistent.
Boris Johnson
Prime Minister
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Petition created on 19 June 2020