Rejected petition Special consideration for current Year 12 students (A-Levels 2021)

Many of the current Year 12’s believe that their 2021 examinations cannot be compared to previous years as they have not been given the same opportunity to learn as prior candidates. We are asking for the government to give students of this year group leniency in their 2021 A-level examinations.

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Current Year 12 A-level students are facing an uncertain and unfair future in relation to their 2021 A-level examinations due to the coronavirus lockdown.
Despite teachers’ best efforts to set work online and to teach through video chat, this method is not beneficial for all and is not an adequate replacement for classroom teachings. In addition, some students may find it easier to work from home than others, giving them an unfair advantage.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

Decisions about exams are a matter for exam boards and individual schools, and are not a matter for the UK Government or Parliament.

We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:

Work with regulators and exam providers to clarify exam arrangements for 2021: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/312570

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 2 April 2020
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