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Scotland’s class of 2020 is due to get its exam results today, in spite of their exams having been cancelled in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
The nation’s Scottish Qualification (SQA) exams were pulled for the first time in history, along with GCSEs and A-levels for students in England, Northern Ireland and Wales.
With Scotland, the first to find out its results, when will the rest of the country get its GCSE results?
And how have the grades been calculated in Scotland?
When are GCSE results out?
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GCSE results will be released on on Thursday August 20.
As per usual in years when exams are held, A-level results will be first out of the gate, being published on Thursday, August 13.
Teachers have been asked to estimate students’ grades in the absence of exams, using an overall judgment of coursework, previous exams, essays, homework, and mock papers.
However, those who are not happy with the grades they have been given will have a chance to sit exams in the autumn.
How were the SQA results calculated?
Teachers estimating the SQA grades were told to take into account available completed work, along with their knowledge of that work and the progress made by students to estimate the grade they think they would have attained had the exams gone ahead as usual.
The SQA then checked and moderated the information it received, to ‘ensure consistency’ across schools and colleges.
They also looked at the school’s previous history of predicting results and grades, and could change these estimates if need be.
Anyone who is not happy with a grade they have been given has the chance to appeal – with priority given to those who have a conditional offer of a place at university.
Those appeals need to be made by August 14, with all others by August 21.
MORE: Why pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds will suffer most after cancelled GCSE and a-level exams
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