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# Burntwood councillor says Lichfield MP has made “incredible u-turn” on A-Level controversy
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/burntwood-councillor-says-lichfield-mp-has-made-incredible-u-turn-on-a-level-controversy/
- Published: 2020-08-19T07:14:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-08-19T07:35:32.000Z
- Description: A Burntwood councillor says Lichfield’s MP has made “an incredible u-turn” on the A-Level results controversy.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Education, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:14, News

![Michael Fabricant and Sue Woodward](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/fabricantwoodward.jpg)

Michael Fabricant and Sue Woodward

A Burntwood councillor says Lichfield’s MP has made “an incredible u-turn” on the A-Level results controversy.

The Government has opted to return to teacher assessments for grading after controversy surrounding an algorithm which saw more than a third of pupils predicted results downgraded.

Conservative MP Michael Fabricant said after the reversal had been confirmed that [the decision should have been made sooner](https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/decision-to-ditch-a-level-algorithm-should-have-been-taken-sooner-says-lichfield-and-burntwood-mp/).

> “While I recognise and accept that Ofqual has said that university selectors are not content with teachers grading their own students because a minority of schools submit ‘implausibly high predicted grades’ – indeed, that is why we have to have exams in the first place in order to achieve a more accurate measure of A-Level performance – it has become clear that the algorithm used by Ofcom was seriously flawed.   
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> “No alternative to examination can be perfect, but Ofqual’s algorithm just did not work.”  
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> Michael Fabricant MP

But Cllr Sue Woodward said those comments flew in the face of previous views where he had suggested schools and teachers decided grades was [“absolutely no solution”](https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/lichfield-mp-says-no-system-could-ever-be-perfect-after-criticism-surrounding-a-level-results/).

> “What an incredible u-turn – not just by education secretary Gavin Williamson but by the Lichfield MP.  
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> “Why wasn’t he saying this, on behalf of local students and their families, a few days ago?  
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> “Lichfield deserves better from their MP than a slavish toeing of the Conservative party line.”  
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> Cllr Sue Woodward