«Breaking News» Top schools call for universities to end unconditional offers

Britain's leading private schools have urged universities to cut down issuing unconditional offers over fears that pupils will lose their motivation.

Independent schools in the country are calling for action after claiming that unconditional offers can have a dramatic impact on a student's A level performance and stop them from striving for a higher grade. 

Mike Buchanan, the executive director of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC), made the calls after claiming pupils 'take their foot off the gas' after accepting unconditional offers.

Mike Buchanan (above), the executive director of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC), said pupils 'take their foot off the gas' after accepting unconditional offers

Independent schools in the UK are now calling for the amount of unconditional offers issued by universities to be reduced

The former headteacher of Ashford School in Kent said the offers were only justifiable in certain cases.

He told the Times newspaper: 'These youngsters have to carry their results with them for their whole careers.

'I am asking universities to stop using them unless they have interviewed the pupil and got some sense that it would be good for this pupil, or have consulted the school, which has given you the same information.'  

The recent call from the association representing 285 private schools in the UK comes after a rise in university unconditional offers, which until recently was only issued to a small number of school-leavers.

The elite schools claim that receiving an unconditional offer can have a dramatic impact on a student's A level performance and stop them from striving for a higher grade

Just this year, seven per cent of the 950,000 offers made were unconditional, according to UCAS, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service.

Data also shows 23 per cent are now receiving at least one unconditional offer from the universities to which they have applied,  marking a stark rise to the one per cent figure in 2013.

While the evidence showing that an unconditional offer having a detrimental impact on an pupil's overall grade is lacking, private schools have been become increasingly frustrated by the effects a student's grade has on their school's ranking.

Mr Buchanan told The Times: 'I am asking universities to stop using them unless they have interviewed the pupil and got some sense that it would be good for this pupil, or have consulted the school, which has given you the same information'

Some employers have also argued that close attention is given to a graduate's  A-level grades.

However vice-chancellors have defended the use of the unconditional offers arguing it allows them to organise courses and accommodation.  

In July, higher education minister Sam Gyimah, said that the rise in unconditional offers was 'completely irresponsible to students, and universities must start taking a lead by limiting the number they offer'.  

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