Teenagers in Kent and Medway collecting GCSE results today are to be given the marks their teachers think they would have got should they have sat exams, as the fallout from results continues.

Despite calls for today's release of GCSE results to be delayed, Ofqual and the Department for Education have said students in England will receive teacher-assessed marks - also referred to as Centre Assessment Grades or CAGs - which is the result schools believe their pupils would have achieved should exams have gone ahead.

There has been much anger and confusion since A-level results were released last Thursday, with the government forced into a major U-turn over the standardisation process it had used to calculate and moderate results this summer in place of official exams lost to coronavirus.

An estimated 40% of A-level students had their initial teacher assessments marked down by the central computer system , some by more than one grade, with higher-achieving pupils in lower performing schools amongst those said to be hardest hit.

Subsequently, the government and Ofqual have jointly agreed to revert to teacher assessments of pupils (or CAG grades) and it is those marks GCSE students are expected to be given today.

A statement on the government's own websites reads: "On Thursday schools and colleges will inform students of their GCSE centre assessment grades, and official results will be released to students."

This means any pupil who in fact did get calculated a higher grade as a result of exam board Ofqual's algorithm could still have the option of using that mark instead should they wish.

Although it remains somewhat unclear as to how and when these adjusted and moderated marks will be made available to pupils and whether they will only be given to those who were marked up in a GCSE subject and not down.

For the fourth year running, the GCSEs will be graded from 9 to 1 this year rather than A* to G.

GCSE results will be released from 8am with individual schools and academic trusts deciding whether students collect them in person or via email.

But what options are there for pupils still not getting the grades they had hoped for?

With so much uncertainty still surrounding results the exact nature of GCSE appeals - and whether the 'triple-lock' option of also involving a mock exam result - remains unclear and teachers are said to be awaiting further guidance.

In other years students with a college or sixth-form school place pending could ask for a priority re-mark of their paper, however with calculated grades this of course is not possible.

Instead, students are being advised to speak with their school, or the sixth form they wish to move onto, about the results they pick-up alongside waiting to see if the Ofqual moderated marks puts them in a better position to that determined by teachers.

Should neither option provide a favourable outcome, there will be the opportunity to resit GCSE exams in the autumn - an option also open to A-level pupils unhappy with their grades or those struggling to get the university places they wanted.

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