On Wednesday 19th, the exam board Pearson announced it would re-grade BTecs in line with GCSEs and A-levels. This some means students will no longer receive BTec results on Thursday.
Pearson, which offers BTecs to 250,00 students, including around 100,000 sixth formers who take them as a vocational equivalent to A-levels, announced on Wednesday that it would now use internal assessments and marks to set the final results for each course, meaning many young people could be awarded higher grades.
Pearson’s decision has meant that level 2 BTec – equivalent to GCSEs – will not now be given to pupils on Thursday, as it will also be replaced by centre-assessed internal grades.
The exam board Pearson has not yet announced when students will receive their delayed BTec results.
A spokesman for the exam board Pearson said: "Our priority is to ensure fair outcomes for BTec students in relation to A-Levels and GCSEs and that no BTec student is disadvantaged. Therefore, we ask schools and colleges not to issue any BTec L1 and L2 results on 20 August, as these will be reviewed and where appropriate, re-graded."
“Our review will remove these Pearson-calculated grades and apply consistency across teacher-assessed internal grades and examined grades that students were unable to sit. We will work urgently with you to reissue these grades and will update you as soon as we possibly can. We want to reassure students that no grades will go down as part of this review.”