With the coronavirus epidemic taking hold of almost every aspect of everyday life students, whose life is pretty much dictated by any recent exams that were taken, the anxiety that the thousands of children and young people are going through is palpable.

 

For those who were preparing for their exams, students have been told just how they will receive their results

 

With the worldwide situation the way that it is, the exam watchdog in the UK has written to GCSE and A Level students to explain how they will be receiving their results.

 

This time around, students will receive results based on the assessment of their previous work, past school or college performances and a grade’s rank order that is put forward by their teachers.

 

Ofqual, the regulatory body which oversees examinations, has asked schools and colleges to recommend a likely grade for each student in each of their subjects that they are studying – based on previous work and mock exams.

 

This will also be externally moderated, with the school to be required to rank each individual student to their predicted grades.

 

After which, the final grades will be reached by using the model, which will also take how well students have done - at school or college - in previous years into account.

 

The schools and colleges will then be asked to produce a careful and fair judgment of the most likely grade they would achieve.

 

Sally Collier, the chief regulator of Ofqual, said: “We have worked closely with the teaching profession to make sure that what we are asking is appropriate and manageable, so that everyone concerned will have full confidence in the approach.

 

“I thank the teaching profession for working together to make this process work during these very testing times.

 

“You can be reassured that this summer’s grades will look exactly the same as those in previous years, and will have equal status with universities, colleges and employers to help you move forward in your lives as planned”.

 

Students will have the right to appeal the results under the new measures.

 

They will also have the option to sit exams in September.