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| BTec students will start receiving their revised grades in the next few hours, after their release had been delayed by the exam board. | BTec students will start receiving their revised grades in the next few hours, after their release had been delayed by the exam board. |
| The results have been reassessed to bring them in line with A-levels and GCSEs, which were graded via school-based assessments. | The results have been reassessed to bring them in line with A-levels and GCSEs, which were graded via school-based assessments. |
| Pearson, the awarding body, said students awaiting grades for university entry were being prioritised. | Pearson, the awarding body, said students awaiting grades for university entry were being prioritised. |
| All 450,000 BTec pupils should get their results by the end of the week. | All 450,000 BTec pupils should get their results by the end of the week. |
| Students faced a fresh round of exam results chaos last week after Pearson pulled some of its BTec results on the eve of releasing them. | Students faced a fresh round of exam results chaos last week after Pearson pulled some of its BTec results on the eve of releasing them. |
| It followed the government's last-minute U-turn on A-levels and GCSEs, which saw students awarded the exact grades that had been estimated by their teachers rather than having them adjusted by an algorithm. | |
| That had been put in place to counter the effect of any teachers or schools inflating their grades but there was an outcry over how many A-level results ended up being downgraded, in some cases by more than one grade. | That had been put in place to counter the effect of any teachers or schools inflating their grades but there was an outcry over how many A-level results ended up being downgraded, in some cases by more than one grade. |
| Pearson initially said that because BTec students do far more graded assessments throughout the year, their predicted grades were more similar to previous years. | Pearson initially said that because BTec students do far more graded assessments throughout the year, their predicted grades were more similar to previous years. |
| However, it later decided to withdraw grades to ensure that no students had been downgraded, which might unfairly disadvantage them against A-level and GCSE students. | However, it later decided to withdraw grades to ensure that no students had been downgraded, which might unfairly disadvantage them against A-level and GCSE students. |
| BTecs are vocational qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, which provide work-based skills across areas including business, healthcare and engineering. | BTecs are vocational qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, which provide work-based skills across areas including business, healthcare and engineering. |
| They are assessed over the course of the qualification through exams, practical coursework and, in many cases, workplace-based placements. | They are assessed over the course of the qualification through exams, practical coursework and, in many cases, workplace-based placements. |
| Around 200,000 BTec Firsts, which are equivalent to one or more GCSEs, were due to be awarded on Thursday last week - the same day as GCSE results. | Around 200,000 BTec Firsts, which are equivalent to one or more GCSEs, were due to be awarded on Thursday last week - the same day as GCSE results. |
| Some 250,000 BTec Nationals, which are studied over one or two years and are similar to A-levels, were awarded the week before - but have also been part of the grade reassessment. | Some 250,000 BTec Nationals, which are studied over one or two years and are similar to A-levels, were awarded the week before - but have also been part of the grade reassessment. |