Rejected petition Lower Student GCSE Grade Boundaries

Rejected on 16 December 2021

Whilst the government have acted in order to preserve the education of young people and believe that what they have put in place currently will ease the pressure as well as make the exams easier, It certainly does not feel or seem like it! Especially as a Year 11 pupil myself.

This will adequately make students exam periods a lot better and significantly improve their state of mental health as expectations will not be placed as high upon them. Especially by lowering the grade boundaries for a pass from a 4 to a 3. Considering the fact that young people have been faced with a variety of challenges caused by the pandemic and a whole years worth of education has been missed due to this, It seems like a logical and fair way to ensure an ease of pressure on young people.

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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Decisions about grade boundaries are a matter for exam boards, not the Government or Parliament, but we have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

DfE to report grade 3 as a 'standard pass': https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/598969

Reduce examination content for all GCSEs and A Levels in 2022: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/591792

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