Rejected petition Strip Gavin Williamson of his CBE

Gavin Williamson has overseen Ofqual and the English education system in England during the results fiasco and now refuses to resign.

We now call on the Government to strip Gavin Williamson of his CBE to go part way in showing that our ministers are held accountable for their mistakes.

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Since you started your petition the Government has announced that GCSE and A-level students will receive their centre assessment grades: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/gcse-and-a-level-students-to-receive-centre-assessment-grades

Prior to this announcement being made, we had published the following petitions:

Reverse all exam grades back to teacher’s own predictions: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/334491

Review the decision to use previous data to calculate exam grades: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306773

Allow free and accessible appeals of GCSE and A Level calculated grades: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/334013

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Date submitted 18 August 2020
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