‘You’ve RUINED my life’: Furious A-level student confronts schools minister Nick Gibb live Radio 4’s Any Questions after she was downgraded THREE grades lower from her one of predicated marks Nina Bunting-Mitchem challenged Nick Gibb on Radio 4’s Any Questions She didn’t get into any chosen veterinary schools after grades were lowered Government plans to … Read more
The complex algorithm used to calculate a student’s A-level results this year is formed of a series of detailed stages looking at their school’s previous results. Exam regulator Ofqual had initially decided grades would be based on teacher assessments of how pupils would have performed, moderated by exam boards. But it became apparent that teachers’ … Read more
Teachers have submitted ‘implausibly high’ predicted grades amid widespread upset over A-level results, the exams regulator has claimed. Nearly 40 per cent of results had been downgraded from teachers’ predictions, official data reveals, sparking complaints from pupils who say the system has let them down. But the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) now … Read more
Universities have pledged to ‘soften’ admissions rules with 40 per cent of A-Level results set to be downgraded today – and Gavin Williamson defying calls to scrap the process of ‘standardising’ marks. Hundreds of thousands of students are learning their fate this morning after their courses were blighted by coronavirus, with exams having to be … Read more
Education Secretary Gavin Williamson issued a humiliating apology to millions of pupils last night – as fears grew of chaos in the A-level appeals process. A quarter of a million sixth-formers will get their results this morning after an 11th-hour change to the way grades are awarded. In an attempt to head off a rebellion … Read more
Fears grew today over a generation of children receiving over-optimistic exam results after the decision to give them a ‘triple lock’ on their A-level and GCSE grades. The 11th hour move will allow pupils to opt for the grades they got in their mock exams was today blasted by union leads as an idea that … Read more
Tens of thousands of Scottish pupils will get exam results based on their predicted grades after Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish government completed an embarrassing U-turn this afternoon. Her SNP administration bowed to political pressure to alter course over a ‘standardisation’ system designed to tackle the fact that no exams have been sat due to coronavirus. The … Read more
Nearly 40% of A-level grades given by teachers in England will be downgraded when exam regulator Ofqual publishes students’ results next week. Up to 300,000 students stand to receive lower grades after exams were cancelled amid the coronavirus lockdown. Grades will instead be issued according to Ofqual’s statistical model, which draws on each pupil’s previous … Read more
300,000 A-level pupils in England face lower marks than expected as 39% of grades set by teachers ‘will be downgraded’ – amid fury in Scotland over 25% of papers marked down More than 730,000 A-level entries will be assessed by Ofqual’s statistical model Nearly 2 million grades set by teachers could be changed or ignored … Read more
GCSE and A-Level results will be decided by statistical modelling – NOT teacher’s predicted grades – in major government U-turn on exams Exam regulator Ofqual said statistical modelling will be used to calculate grades Model will factor previous grades of pupils and former students at same school Ofqual said teachers’ predicted grades submitted in March … Read more