Key points
- In the context of exams this summer being cancelled, we had 2 broad aims: to make sure as many students as possible could get grades so they could move on to the next stage of their lives and to do that in as fair a way as possible.
- Overall A level results in England are higher at grade A and above compared to 2019 (27.6% in 2020 compared with 25.2% in 2019). This reflects the approach to awarding grades this summer and the decisions that, where possible, have been taken in students' favour, as part of the standardisation process.
- The majority of grades awarded to students are the same or within one grade of the centre assessment grades (CAGs) - 96.4% at A level and 91.5% at AS.
- Students who are not happy with their calculated grade can ask their school or college about the appeals system or they can choose to sit an exam in the Autumn.
- Entries for reformed AS qualifications in England have dropped by over 26% compared to last summer. This makes it much more difficult to interpret any changes in year-on-year results.
Today (13 August 2020) we are publishing:
- a summary of this year's results (below)
- a technical report that includes
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