This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Make meaningful changes to the 2021 A Level exam series.
Ofqual have officially published their decisions regarding the 2021 exam series and changes to content/courses. These mostly disregard A Level exams and focus on GCSEs. A Level students are under immense pressure and stress as a result of the lockdown.
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As a result of four months off of school, students are under extreme pressure and struggling as a result of the immense workload which A Levels entail. Not to mention students who have been experiencing bereavements and worsening mental health. The services which have been provided are not sufficient nor equal across the country and this only reinforces the classist divides in Britain.
Not all schools have been able to provide resources for all lessons and pupils, with those in disadvantaged areas being most negatively impacted.
I hope that you will recognise that making changes to A Levels is just as, if not more important than GCSEs. I really hope that you will re-evaluate the situation and make some changes which will help students.
This is about the next generation.
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 petitions, which you might like to sign:
Reduce curriculum content for year 10 & 12 students who will sit exams in 2021: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/320772
Work with regulators and exam providers to clarify exam arrangements for 2021: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/312570
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.