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Universities urged to look beyond ‘dodgy’ A-level grades

"Universities need to look beyond “dodgy” A-level grades when they decide which students to admit next month, an independent schools chief has said.

Barnaby Lenon, chairman of the Independent Schools Council (ISC), has warned institutions against simply accepting a student with “good” grades on paper after exams were cancelled this summer.

Speaking to the Festival of Higher Education, Mr Lenon added that universities may be “quick to reject” a student whose grades are low but he claims the results could also be “wrong”.

Mr Lenon, a former headmaster of Harrow School, argued that universities, schools, pupils and parents should remember that the assigned grades given out this summer are “not real”."

You can read the full article here - https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/news/uk/2321735/universities-urged-to-look-beyond-dodgy-a-level-grades/

I don't see what universities can really do about grades that have been increased. They can't discount high grades in case they are accurate. I just think whatever grades we get, they will be seen as pointless by many and "not real".
Another article about it here - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/07/08/predicted-grades-awarded-summer-will-dodgy-private-school-chief/

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