Teens face A-level crisis after exam bosses admit they don’t have plan for appeals process

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TENS of thousands of teens could face an A-Level crisis today after exam bosses admitted they have not worked out the appeals process.

Because exams were cancelled during lockdown, a computer algorithm is for the first time being used to adjust grades given by teachers to 250,000 students.

Gavin Williamson told the BBC he ‘apologises to every single child right across the country’

Four in ten grades have been changed, with many marked down, after teachers tried to dish out record numbers of A*s.

Some even tried to award all pupils straight A*s, HOAR understands.
An 11th-hour change, implemented after chaos in Scotland forced a U-turn, has seen a “triple lock” put in place.

It means pupils will be able to appeal, resit exams in the autumn or use their mock grades — as long as mocks were sat under proper exam conditions.

However exam bosses Ofqual admitted those teens who miss out on a university place will have to wait until next week to find out how the appeal process works.

They added: “We are working urgently to operationalise this as fairly as possible and to determine what standards of evidence will be required for the appeal.”

Meanwhile Education Secretary Gavin Williamson told the BBC: “I apologise to every single child right across the country for the disruption that they’ve had to suffer.”

He admitted there are “many things we would have taken a different approach on” — but did not say what.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer warned of a “complete fiasco”.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer warned of a ‘complete fiasco’

He said: “Talking to teachers today, it’s obvious they expect young people will do better in the real exam than they’d done in the mock. It’s not going to work, it’s not going to wash.”

Whitehall said the computer standardised system was needed to stop grade inflation tearing out of control.

Research by Buckingham University found that without moderation the percentage of A*s in England would balloon from 7.8 per cent last year to 13.8 per cent this year.

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