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Tuesday, 18 August 2020
Vale of Glamorgan
Cllr Lis Burnett, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Education and Regeneration, said: “It was abundantly clear that a change was needed to how grades were awarded and I am glad that the Minister has recognised this. “We were extremely proud in the Vale to receive our best ever A Level and AS Level results last week. However, this will have meant nothing to young people who at the same time saw their hopes for the future evaporate in the midst of a flawed system. “I know from discussion with our youth cabinet that there is considerable anxiety and worry over the position relating to exam results in Wales. “The downgrading of teachers’ estimated grades was arbitrary, confused, and unfair. At some point decision makers appear to have lost sight of those who should be at the heart of our education system; the pupils. Thankfully this wrong has been put right.”
Cllr Lis Burnett, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Education and Regeneration, said: “It was abundantly clear that a change was needed to how grades were awarded and I am glad that the Minister has recognised this.
“We were extremely proud in the Vale to receive our best ever A Level and AS Level results last week. However, this will have meant nothing to young people who at the same time saw their hopes for the future evaporate in the midst of a flawed system.
“I know from discussion with our youth cabinet that there is considerable anxiety and worry over the position relating to exam results in Wales.
“The downgrading of teachers’ estimated grades was arbitrary, confused, and unfair. At some point decision makers appear to have lost sight of those who should be at the heart of our education system; the pupils. Thankfully this wrong has been put right.”
The use of teacher assessments – Centre Assessed Grades – is to now be used for GCSE grades this week and applied retrospectively to A Level and AS Level grades. The Vale of Glamorgan Council supports this move.