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
Key statistics in this year’s A-level results The proportion of candidates receiving top grades is the highest on record. A total of 27.9% of entrants scored either an A or A*, up from 25.5% in 2019. Some 9.0% of entrants received an A*. This is another record high, and is up from 7.8% last year. … Read more
Thousands of students are picking A-Level results today and while some will leave school ecstatic with what grades they get, others will be crestfallen. A number of pupils’ results have been downgraded after this year’s summer exams were cancelled because of Covid-19 despite record-high results. The proportion of A-level entries awarded an A grade or … Read more
‘I didn’t even get the chance to insist they gave me three A’s instead’ Jeremy Clarkson pokes fun at A-level exams chaos as he boasts about receiving a C and 2Us and is now ‘building a house in the Cotswolds’ Jeremy Clarkson posted his annual tweet to ‘reassure’ nervous A level students Teachers were asked … Read more
Teenagers have been fretting and sharing their nerves on social media as they wait to find out their A-level results. Beleaguered students across the country are waking up to their grades amid last-minute changes to appeals, with around one in four entries expected to be awarded the top marks. Around 300,000 school leavers in England, … Read more
Why is results day different this year? Exams were cancelled across the UK in March as the pandemic took hold and schools closed. As a result, Ofqual, the exam regulator in England, decided grades would instead be awarded based on teacher assessments of how pupils would have performed, moderated by exam boards. However, it soon … Read more
PAUL THOMAS on… Britain’s A-level roulette By Paul Thomas For The Daily Mail Published: 02:07 BST, 13 August 2020 | Updated: 02:07 BST, 13 August 2020 Advertisement To order a print of this Paul Thomas cartoon or one by Pugh, visit Mailpictures.newsprints.co.uk or call 0191 6030 178. Share or comment on this article:
Teachers are alarmed by the decision to allow A-level pupils to use their mock results as their final grade. Mock results were described as the ‘most singularly inconsistent bit of information that could possibly be used’ and there were warnings the new system could actually increase unfairness. Many pupils are expected to demand schools submit … Read more
Students and parents have condemned ‘panicked’ changes to the way A-level results in England are decided, saying they have increased stress and reduced fairness. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson announced late on Tuesday that students will be able to use their results in mock tests to appeal if they are unhappy with the grades they are … Read more