This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government
Rejected petition The GCSE exams are having a negative impact on the mental health of young people
Teachers and schools have worked dilligently throughout the year to prepare students for the exams, to then be faced with a paper of extreme difficulty that is having negative effects in the most serious aspects of life.
The reforms don’t work.
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