Piers Morgan has hit out at the government’s decision to downgrade this year’s A Level results and branded it ‘disgraceful’.
Today, students up and down the country are receiving their A Level results, following a disruptive school year that saw schools close for several months due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Summer exams were cancelled as a result and led to grades given for A Level students lowered, after teachers were told to submit grades they predicted each student would have received if exams had gone ahead.
Said grades were moderated by exam school boards, with reports revealing more than a third of school leaver grades in England were downgraded.
Reacting to the news, Piers responded to a tweet claiming ‘280,000 students saw their grades lowered’ and insisted the decision to downgrade was ‘disgraceful’.
He then called for Education Secretary Gavin Williamson to resign.
Piers shared a tweet from Sky News reporter Jason Farrell exemplifying how grades had been lowered.
It read: ‘I’m at a school in East London today where 47% of students have had results downgraded from teachers predictions. Some predicted Cs have been given a U. Some A* predictions reduced to a B.’
Tagging Williamson into his own tweet, Piers wrote alongside it: ‘Resign @GavinWilliamson. Now.’
Williamson hasn’t responded to Piers’ tweet, but was seen earlier today congratulating students receiving their results on Twitter.
‘Congratulations to all students receiving results today – you should feel proud of everything you’ve achieved in these difficult circumstances,’ he shared.
‘Thank you to all the teachers and staff who have supported their students, enabling them to take the next steps in their lives.
Students received grades lower than their teachers’ predictions as a result of the Joint Council for Qualifications ‘standardising’ marks.
An estimated 35% of students were lowered by one grade, 3.3% of results fell by two grades in the process, while figures revealed 0.2% dropped three grades, according to Sky News.
Students do have the option to appeal their grades. Those whose mock grades are higher than their results can use them to appeal and students can opt to sit actual exams in September – instead joining university in January.
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