Nearly 40% of A-level grades submitted by teachers are set to be downgraded when exam results in England are published next week, the Guardian has learned, as criticism intensifies of this year’s makeshift results. That would mean nearly 300,000 A-levels issued are lower than the teacher assessment of the more than 730,000 A-level entries in England this summer. The teacher grades were an important part of the process but always only going to be a part. But Ofqual will not allow individual students to appeal against their grades on academic grounds, as they can in Scotland. For A-level pupils, teacher assessments will only be used to help set grades on small courses, with five or fewer candidates.

Source: The Guardian August 07, 2020 15:30 UTC