Ask Pearson your questions ahead of A level results day!

On results day, what time will you release grade boundaries?

Are u guys going to inform our unis about how badly a level maths was this year , so maybe they are more lenient in choosing students this year ?
Can u let me know because if u lot can’t then I’ll email the universities myself !

How badly?

Please elaborate.

Whole of paper 3 leaked to some, some of paper 3 leaked to many. Paper 1 possibly leaked. Major changes to the specification after the course had begun teaching, which lots of Colleges either weren't notified of or failed to do anything about. Exam papers were far more difficult than last years and unlike anything seen the previous a level, last year's paper or the text books. Large elements of the spec never appeared while other areas appeared 4 or 5 times. Some collages apparently didn't have enough formula books while others were given the wrong one. Multiple arrests were made.

Just to add the the chaos Pearson gave almost no response to most of these issues (probably because they had no idea what was going on) aside from briefly saying they may not give out marks for 2 question on paper 3 as many people had already seen these questions. (I hope you can see the obvious problem that those who had not seen these questions before will have spent a long time answering them while those that got to see them before the exam may well have already known exactly how to answer them and done so very quickly, meaning these questions not being marked is quite possibly even more unfair).

Whole of paper 3 leaked to some, some of paper 3 leaked to many. Paper 1 possibly leaked. Major changes to the specification after the course had begun teaching, which lots of Colleges either weren't notified of or failed to do anything about. Exam papers were far more difficult than last years and unlike anything seen the previous a level, last year's paper or the text books. Large elements of the spec never appeared while other areas appeared 4 or 5 times. Some collages apparently didn't have enough formula books while others were given the wrong one. Multiple arrests were made.

Just to add the the chaos
(probably because they had no idea what was going on) aside from briefly saying they may not give out marks for 2 question on paper 3 as many people had already seen these questions. (I hope you can see the obvious problem that those who had not seen these questions before will have spent a long time answering them while those that got to see them before the exam may well have already known exactly how to answer them and done so very quickly, meaning these questions not being marked is quite possibly even more unfair).

Paper 1 possibly leaked.
No evidence of this

Major changes to the specification after the course had begun teaching, which lots of Colleges either weren't notified of or failed to do anything about.
The changes weren't major.

Exam papers were far more difficult than last years and unlike anything seen the previous a level, last year's paper or the text books.
Well, the grade boundaries will reflect difficulty. The idea with the new specification is to make is so that the questions aren't the same each year - it's problem solving. All maths exams this year were difficult. An A* candidate on the old specification would achieve an A* on the new specification.

Large elements of the spec never appeared while other areas appeared 4 or 5 times.
They don't have to cover the entire specification each year. And, it's not surprising that topics reappeared ie trigonometry and calculus - that's basically the whole lot of the A-Level!

Some collages apparently didn't have enough formula books while others were given the wrong one.
If this is the case, it would've affected very few candidates in the grand scheme of things. And, again, unlikely to be true.

Multiple arrests were made.
This has no impact on your grades at all.

Pearson gave almost no response to most of these issues
They're not going to comment on the difficulty of papers - mainly because they don't know until it's marked! The grade boundaries, as said above, will change to reflect the difficulty. As said again, all the maths papers were hard for all exam boards! They have responded to most of these issues.

briefly saying they may not give out marks for 2 question on paper 3 as many people had already seen these questions.
Pearson will take into account the performance of people on other questions to determine whether or not to remove the questions. They're not idiots, and they'll consider the impact it'll have on candidate performance in the rest of the paper.

Paper 1 possibly leaked.
No evidence of this

Major changes to the specification after the course had begun teaching, which lots of Colleges either weren't notified of or failed to do anything about.
The changes weren't major.

Exam papers were far more difficult than last years and unlike anything seen the previous a level, last year's paper or the text books.
Well, the grade boundaries will reflect difficulty. The idea with the new specification is to make is so that the questions aren't the same each year - it's problem solving. All maths exams this year were difficult. An A* candidate on the old specification would achieve an A* on the new specification.

Large elements of the spec never appeared while other areas appeared 4 or 5 times.
They don't have to cover the entire specification each year. And, it's not surprising that topics reappeared ie trigonometry and calculus - that's the majority of the A-Level!

Some collages apparently didn't have enough formula books while others were given the wrong one.
If this is the case, it would've affected very few candidates in the grand scheme of things. And, again, unlikely to be true.

Multiple arrests were made.
This has no impact on your grades at all.

Pearson gave almost no response to most of these issues
They're not going to comment on the difficulty of papers - mainly because they don't know until it's marked! The grade boundaries, as said above, will change to reflect the difficulty. As said again, all the maths papers were hard for all exam boards! They have responded to most of these issues.

briefly saying they may not give out marks for 2 question on paper 3 as many people had already seen these questions.
Pearson will take into account the performance of people on other questions to determine whether or not to remove the questions. They're not idiots, and they'll consider the impact it'll have on candidate performance in the rest of the paper.

Do U work for edexcel or something , sound like them

While it was quite irksome seeing someone play devil's advocate here, I commend your clear level-headed reply. I think almost all the complaints stem from the fact that these papers were very difficult compared to what we had previously seen. All maths papers were hard for all exam boards but I have had a look at all and got the opinion of many others and it was clear that Edexcel had the hardest papers by quite some bit (the pure papers in particular). The fact that paper 3 was leaked doesn't help either but you are right the grade boundaries will change to reflect the difficult of the papers. (If you're wondering, I sat the papers and I was quite astounded by the massive increase in difficult compared to previous years but I am hopeful that grade boundaries will drop and as you said Pearson are not idiots so I have some faith in them)

Everyone who disagrees is a shill for Edexcel apparently. Where's my payslip?

Paper 1 possibly leaked.
No evidence of this

Major changes to the specification after the course had begun teaching, which lots of Colleges either weren't notified of or failed to do anything about.
The changes weren't major.

Exam papers were far more difficult than last years and unlike anything seen the previous a level, last year's paper or the text books.
Well, the grade boundaries will reflect difficulty. The idea with the new specification is to make is so that the questions aren't the same each year - it's problem solving. All maths exams this year were difficult. An A* candidate on the old specification would achieve an A* on the new specification.

Large elements of the spec never appeared while other areas appeared 4 or 5 times.
They don't have to cover the entire specification each year. And, it's not surprising that topics reappeared ie trigonometry and calculus - that's the majority of the A-Level!

Some collages apparently didn't have enough formula books while others were given the wrong one.
If this is the case, it would've affected very few candidates in the grand scheme of things. And, again, unlikely to be true.

Multiple arrests were made.
This has no impact on your grades at all.

Pearson gave almost no response to most of these issues
They're not going to comment on the difficulty of papers - mainly because they don't know until it's marked! The grade boundaries, as said above, will change to reflect the difficulty. As said again, all the maths papers were hard for all exam boards! They have responded to most of these issues.

briefly saying they may not give out marks for 2 question on paper 3 as many people had already seen these questions.
Pearson will take into account the performance of people on other questions to determine whether or not to remove the questions. They're not idiots, and they'll consider the impact it'll have on candidate performance in the rest of the paper.