Having already had the last key months of their studies disrupted by the pandemic, young people in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough now find themselves failed by the government in the issuing of their A-Level results.

Grades that young people have worked diligently to achieve have been unfairly stolen from them by a flawed system put in place by the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and the Education Secretary, Gavin Williamson.

“It’s simply not good enough,” say Liberal Democrat candidate for Mayor of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Aidan Ven de Weyer and Liberal Democrat county council group leader Lucy Nethsingha.

“We call upon Mr Johnson to listen to the voices of the people of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who demand our young people get the grades they deserve, not the grades that the government seem to think they can force upon them.

“Students who achieved top grades across the two years of their courses, who were given final teacher predictions that meant they could get on their chosen university course or higher level apprenticeship, cannot simply be left with broken dreams.”

Aidan and Lucy are calling on local residents to sign a petition to demand that the government:

• apologise for the unfairness and failure to acknowledge the extreme situation faced by students;
• award students the fair grades they deserve and do not penalise them for the school they attend;
• guarantee university places unjustly lost by students who have had grades unfairly downgraded

The petition is at https://www.cambridgeshirelibdems.org.uk/fair_a-level_grades