Rejected petition Make a plan for people who had to stop learning their A Levels/ GCSE content.

Rejected on 28 May 2020

We believe that we are going to be disadvantaged when it comes to sitting our A Levels/ GCSE's next year, due to us all losing physical teaching time and having to teach ourselves A Level/ GCSE courses.
Ideally, we would like the grade boundaries to be significantly lowered or the option to resit.

We want you to do it as although we are home learning, it is a lot more difficult for us and we have lost valuable teaching time. We have found that many students in positions when exams are due next year, feel as though they are likely to get a lower grade which may impact their further studies. We understand this situation isn't mainly about us, yet we want to be ensured of what will happen for the current Year 10 and Year 12.

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, not 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

Exams and the current coronavirus pandemic can cause worry and stress. You can find information on how to deal with stress here:

Young Minds: https://youngminds.org.uk/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwpfHzBRCiARIsAHHzyZq25dJRPEYEgu_Jsyh9e-Ehmx_IlSA1wM_dLnm-DFYTu_93cvsIoH8aAkB9EALw_wcB
Children’s Society: https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/mental-health-advice-for-children-and-young-people/issues-affecting-young-people
Childline: https://www.childline.org.uk/info-advice/your-feelings/anxiety-stress-panic/coping-with-stress/

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