Results for GCSEs, A-Levels, and AS levels will be awarded in July based on mock data, individual assessment and prior attainment.
The government has outlined how students will be graded after schools were closed and exams cancelled due to coronavirus
Teachers will be asked to submit judgements about grades they think their students would have received if exams had gone ahead. The government has published more information on the cancellation of GCSEs and A-Levels after announcing schools will be closed for four months to curb coronavirus. Results for GCSEs, A-Levels, and AS levels will be awarded in July based on mock data, individual assessment and prior attainment, according to a statement on the Department for Education’s website. Students can also sit exams early in next academic year or summer 2021.
DfE said that this year’s A-Level and GCSE grades will be ‘indistinguishable from those provided in other years’.It said it would also aim to ensure that the distribution of grades ‘follows a similar pattern to that in other years, so that this year’s students do not face a systematic disadvantage as a consequence of these extraordinary circumstances’.The education department said it recognises that some students ‘may feel disappointed’ that they have not been able to sit their exams.
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