England's School Standards Minister Nick Gibb said it would give pupils some "reassurance and clarity". How GCSE/A-level grades are calculated this year – and why your final result may differ from your teacher’s. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Data from the government office suggested if teacher-assessment grades were not standardised, this year's results would be around 12 percentage points better than in 2019 at A-level and nine percentage points at GCSE. Results day for GCSEs is Thursday, August 20 Each year, exam boards release results early in the morning and students can usually choose to receive results by text, email or in the post. We look forward to chatting to you soon! Despite assurances from Ofqual that results will be calculated fairly, some headteachers believe pupils who do not receive the grades they had hoped for will feel like victims of the process. Thank you for visiting!Be the first to receive news and updates about all things Italian!We respect your privacy. Predicted grades will be based on a range of factors including (for example) homework assessments and mock exams. Ofqual said it was 'not surprising' that the grades calculated by many schools and colleges were more optimistic, as teachers 'naturally want to do their best for their students'. But A-level results will be published on 13 August and GCSEs on 20 August. ': Trump is abruptly escorted from briefing room after Secret Service agent shoots a...Diners used Chancellor Rishi Sunak's 'Eat Out to Help Out' scheme more than 10.5 MILLION times in its first...The seven diet myths that stop you losing weight: As Dr Clare Bailey and her husband Michael Mosley prepare...Finding Freedom author Omid Scobie says Meghan was the victim of 'racist and sexist tropes' in Britain and...Meghan Markle 'fell hard' for Prince Harry after seeing him play with friend Jessica Mulroney's children...Prince Harry went on a secret diamond scouting mission for Meghan Markle's ring six months before he...Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were 'forced' to dismiss Archie's night nurse' during her SECOND shift at...Prince Harry was 'delightfully surprised' when Meghan Markle was happy to go to the toilet in the woods...Meghan Markle's faith in God plays a 'central role' in her life and has got her through the 'darkest...Meghan Markle DID take offence to Princess Michael of Kent's blackamoor brooch that she wore to Christmas...'We can't get our daughters back, but we can warn others about this acne drug': Two bereaved mothers whose...'How I became a one-man medical miracle': MICK MAY tried every cancer treatment until his options ran out....Corpse is discovered after lying for THIRTY years in the basement of a crumbling £30m Paris mansion yards...EXCLUSIVE - 'I saw the photos yesterday - it wasn't the best birthday present ever': Wife of Lisa...More than 500,000 Britons face a scramble to get home amid fears France, Holland, Switzerland, Poland and...Rape victims say face masks trigger horrific flashbacks of being smothered or choked but they are being...Drive-through flu jabs 'to be given in doctors' CAR PARKS' as part of UK's biggest ever vaccination scheme...'I was desperately researching anything I could do to help': Kate Garraway discusses wanting to donate her...Covid jobs bloodbath as number of people employed falls by 730,000 since lockdown with benefits claims...Staff at under fire Test and Trace scheme tell how they have made only FOUR calls since May as government...Father, 47, who sent heartbreaking 'last goodbye' to his wife and son after horror crash finally returns...Jacinda Ardern plunges New Zealand BACK into lockdown amid COVID-19 outbreak with 1.6million Kiwis told they...How to spray your maskne away! Schools and colleges are asked to use fair judgement based on professional experience to outline the grades they believe a student would have achieved if they had sat their exams this year.To keep grades fair across all schools and colleges, the exam boards put all centre assessment grades through a standardisation process using a system developed with the independent qualifications regulator Once schools and colleges have done this, the Heads of Centre have to sign a declaration to say that the centre assessment grades are fair, then check the data to make sure it’s accurate, then they submit the grades to the exam board.When students get their GCSE grades, these are the final grades that have been produced by the exam boards based on the centre assessment grades that have been submitted to them.It is understandable that some students feel that the new marking system is unfair, as many hoped to raise their grades by sitting the exams.
England's School Standards Minister Nick Gibb said it would give pupils some "reassurance and clarity". How GCSE/A-level grades are calculated this year – and why your final result may differ from your teacher’s. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Data from the government office suggested if teacher-assessment grades were not standardised, this year's results would be around 12 percentage points better than in 2019 at A-level and nine percentage points at GCSE. Results day for GCSEs is Thursday, August 20 Each year, exam boards release results early in the morning and students can usually choose to receive results by text, email or in the post. We look forward to chatting to you soon! Despite assurances from Ofqual that results will be calculated fairly, some headteachers believe pupils who do not receive the grades they had hoped for will feel like victims of the process. Thank you for visiting!Be the first to receive news and updates about all things Italian!We respect your privacy. Predicted grades will be based on a range of factors including (for example) homework assessments and mock exams. Ofqual said it was 'not surprising' that the grades calculated by many schools and colleges were more optimistic, as teachers 'naturally want to do their best for their students'. But A-level results will be published on 13 August and GCSEs on 20 August. ': Trump is abruptly escorted from briefing room after Secret Service agent shoots a...Diners used Chancellor Rishi Sunak's 'Eat Out to Help Out' scheme more than 10.5 MILLION times in its first...The seven diet myths that stop you losing weight: As Dr Clare Bailey and her husband Michael Mosley prepare...Finding Freedom author Omid Scobie says Meghan was the victim of 'racist and sexist tropes' in Britain and...Meghan Markle 'fell hard' for Prince Harry after seeing him play with friend Jessica Mulroney's children...Prince Harry went on a secret diamond scouting mission for Meghan Markle's ring six months before he...Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were 'forced' to dismiss Archie's night nurse' during her SECOND shift at...Prince Harry was 'delightfully surprised' when Meghan Markle was happy to go to the toilet in the woods...Meghan Markle's faith in God plays a 'central role' in her life and has got her through the 'darkest...Meghan Markle DID take offence to Princess Michael of Kent's blackamoor brooch that she wore to Christmas...'We can't get our daughters back, but we can warn others about this acne drug': Two bereaved mothers whose...'How I became a one-man medical miracle': MICK MAY tried every cancer treatment until his options ran out....Corpse is discovered after lying for THIRTY years in the basement of a crumbling £30m Paris mansion yards...EXCLUSIVE - 'I saw the photos yesterday - it wasn't the best birthday present ever': Wife of Lisa...More than 500,000 Britons face a scramble to get home amid fears France, Holland, Switzerland, Poland and...Rape victims say face masks trigger horrific flashbacks of being smothered or choked but they are being...Drive-through flu jabs 'to be given in doctors' CAR PARKS' as part of UK's biggest ever vaccination scheme...'I was desperately researching anything I could do to help': Kate Garraway discusses wanting to donate her...Covid jobs bloodbath as number of people employed falls by 730,000 since lockdown with benefits claims...Staff at under fire Test and Trace scheme tell how they have made only FOUR calls since May as government...Father, 47, who sent heartbreaking 'last goodbye' to his wife and son after horror crash finally returns...Jacinda Ardern plunges New Zealand BACK into lockdown amid COVID-19 outbreak with 1.6million Kiwis told they...How to spray your maskne away! Schools and colleges are asked to use fair judgement based on professional experience to outline the grades they believe a student would have achieved if they had sat their exams this year.To keep grades fair across all schools and colleges, the exam boards put all centre assessment grades through a standardisation process using a system developed with the independent qualifications regulator Once schools and colleges have done this, the Heads of Centre have to sign a declaration to say that the centre assessment grades are fair, then check the data to make sure it’s accurate, then they submit the grades to the exam board.When students get their GCSE grades, these are the final grades that have been produced by the exam boards based on the centre assessment grades that have been submitted to them.It is understandable that some students feel that the new marking system is unfair, as many hoped to raise their grades by sitting the exams.