Head’s anger as school saw lowest results in many years
A TOP Midland independent school headteacher has hit out at the A-Level exam results fiasco after his students gained the lowest grades for several years before the Government U-turn.
David Lloyd, head of Solihull School, said he was “deeply upset and outraged at the outcome for some pupils and the school”.
Pupils at the leading independent school, in the town centre, had been awarded 16 per cent of all grades at A*, 44 per cent at A* - A and 76 per cent at A* - B grade. Mr Lloyd said these A-Level results were the lowest they had been for several consecutive years while a large number of pupils and subjects were downgraded from teachers’ recommendations.
Some, he added, had been downgraded by more than one grade in certain subjects.
He said: “It is a great pity that they have been subject to sweeping alteration as part of a broad and unsubtle standardisation process.”
He added: “I would like to congratulate the Class of 2020 on their A-Level results.
“However, it is with great sadness that I must also express our considerable disappointment at how grades have been decided upon by the various examination boards this year.
“A strong cohort of pupils deserves a strong set of results and we submitted Centre Assessed Grades (‘recommended grades’) which were thoughtfully generated, discussed at length and backed by comprehensive and multi-faceted evidence.
“As you would expect, we have complied with all board, Ofqual and Government requirements in this process and we are deeply upset and outraged at the outcome for some pupils and the school.
“Results for the school this year were the lowest they have been for several consecutive years and a large number of pupils and subjects have been downgraded from our recommendations, some pupils by more than one grade.’’
Solihull School was founded in 1560 and caters for boys and girls aged from seven to 18.