Summer Exam Results
Monday, 27th July 2020
We understand that this has
been a difficult and anxious time for you as a result of the disruption caused
by the Coronavirus pandemic.
As the Summer
exams were unable to go ahead, Bradford College has submitted provisional
(centre assessment) grade(s) and rank order(s) to the relevant awarding body in
accordance with the Ofqual guidance on Awarding
qualifications in summer 2020 and in line with the awarding body instructions.
For the reason of fairness,
awarding bodies are putting these grades through a standardisation process to
ensure grading standards are consistent across all centres.
Key points to note about the Summer 2020 awarding process include:
• Teachers know their
students well and centres are able to assess grades with a high degree of
accuracy.
• The grades centres
submitted to the exam boards were agreed by the centre following an internal
quality assurance process and are not the sole responsibility of any individual
teacher.
• The standardisation model
developed by Ofqual and the awarding organisations is
statistical and may not reflect the grades submitted by the centres.
• The standardisation process
applied by the exam boards ensures grades awarded this year are consistent with
those awarded to other cohorts in other years.
• This was the fairest
possible approach available under extreme circumstances. It is a rigorous
process which means that grades awarded this year are as valid as in any other
year.
• This will allow pupils to
progress to the next stage of their lives in the normal way.
See the ‘Grading in 2020 – information
for students’ for more information:
Grading
in 2020 - information for students
The grades that we submitted
were our best assessment of what you would have achieved if you had taken
exams. However, the exam boards then applied a ‘standardisation model’ so that
the distribution of grades awarded this year is consistent with those awarded
in other years at a national level, and this process inevitably results in some
centre-assessed grades being adjusted both upwards and downwards.
This process is aimed at
ensuring fairness and consistency between students in different years and in
different schools and colleges so that, for example, it does not result in more
students nationally being awarded higher grades this year when compared to
cohorts in previous years. It is done to ensure that this year’s grades are as
valid as in any other year.
What if I need to talk to someone
about my results?
If you have a query about your
results you should speak with your curriculum/subject department or email the
contacts below:
A
level grades
queries please email: [email protected]
16-18
GCSE
grades queries please email [email protected]
19 + Adult GCSE English
and Maths grade queries please email [email protected]
/ [email protected]
19+ Adult GCSE Science grade queries please email [email protected].
Appeals:
The normal Enquiries about Results
(EAR) service will be unavailable this year due to the College providing centre
assessed grades. Instead, there will be a simple appeals process, and this will
be limited to submitting an appeal to the awarding body on behalf of a
candidate (student) where it is believed that:
·
the centre itself made an error
when submitting centre assessment grade or rank order information to the
awarding body and has supporting evidence that confirms an error was made (and
will submit its supporting evidence at the earliest stage and explain why data
which the Head of Centre declared to be accurate is now considered incorrect)
·
the awarding body made a
mistake in the operation of the standardisation model where the wrong data was
used to calculate results
·
the awarding body made an
administrative error in the issuing of results
Ofqual
will release further information closer to results day regarding appeals and we
will update this page accordingly. Please check back regularly for updates.
To enquire about making an appeal you
should first speak with your curriculum/subject department and/or Quality team
to check that the above criteria is met. Where the curriculum team/quality lead
confirms the criteria is met, they will refer you to the appeals process and
will work with our Student Records & MIS team to submit your appeal to the
examination board. Further updates will be uploaded on the College website
on a regular basis – please check back for updates.