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Aug 2020
BTEC results delay an 'unnecessary obstacle', says Harrogate College principal
Harrogate College’s principal has described a decision to pull BTEC results as an “unnecessary obstacle” for schools and colleges.
Danny Wild, principal at the college, said the college has been able to offer those students who decided to stay with them a place ahead of the results being released and support those heading to university.
It comes as Pearsons, the exam body, decided to pulled its results for the qualification late last night in order to re-grade them in line with A-levels and GCSEs.
Both exams are now being graded via school-based assessments following a U-turn by the government.
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Pearsons has since apologised for the uncertainty that the decision, which is expected to affect 450,000 pupils across the UK, will cause.
Mr Wild said he has not received any further communication from Pearsons today, but added that the college would continue to support its students.
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He added that those who did a BTEC at GCSE and were coming to the college would continue through the enrolment process ahead of the results being released.
Those who did the qualification equivalent to A-level and are staying on at the college would do the same. But those who are leaving for university will still receive support from the college in areas such as UCAS applications.
The move comes as students across Harrogate received their GCSE results today.
Having not sat exams, the grades awarded were based on centre assessments. So far, there has been much less controversy over the results than last week, which saw more than a third of centre-assessed results in the Harrogate district downgraded by the government’s algorithm.
The process has since been reversed and assessed grades reinstated – but it has left many students still uncertain over their university places.
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