Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of proposals by some universities to adopt a GPA based grading system.

On 19 October 2017, on behalf of the Office for Students (OfS), the Department for Education consulted on a new Regulatory Framework for Higher Education in England. Part of that consultation sought views on whether there would be merit in the OfS exploring alternative methods of assessment, including Grade Point Average (GPA). The OfS will shortly publish its consultation response, together with a new Regulatory Framework for Higher Education in England.