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'Not Collecting' A-Level Data This Year, Says Isle Of Wight Council

We won't know how well students on the Island have done with their A-level results compared to previous years, as the local authority is not collecting the data.

This year, the Isle of Wight Council will not be collecting the results from educational institutions on the Island to compare with previous years.

The Department for Education will also not be publishing the information and Ofsted will not be using the data to look at pupils' performance.

The news comes on the same day that students are finding out their A-level results, as previously reported.

Last year, provisional figures showed that A-level, technical and vocational results on the Isle of Wight improved on the previous year.

Earlier this afternoon (Thursday) the Labour Leader Sir Kier Starmer said thousands of teenagers have had their future prospects "dashed". But Boris Johnson insists employers can rely on the grades this year.

An Isle of Wight Council Spokesperson said:

“This year’s results are not based upon examinations because young people were not able to sit them during the Covid-19 pandemic. The examinations body, Ofqual has devised a way of ensuring individual students receive results based upon teacher assessments which have been standardised using past performance and prior student attainment.”

“We are not collecting A level results from colleges or sixth forms on this occasion due to the way they have been calculated. Likewise, the DfE will not be publishing data at an institutional level and Ofsted will not be using them to evaluate school and college performance.”

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