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Petition · past parliament

Keep the GCSE system and grading the same as the previous years

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

Changing the GCSE system is seen as unfair as they have increased the difficultly for us students. This results in a build up of stress and pressure to do well as most of the subjects at GCSE is exam based.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

The GCSE curriculum should be changed back to the previous curriculum.

Timeline

12 Feb 2017 Petition opened for signatures
22 Feb 2017 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 15
Status Rejected
Rejected 22 Feb 2017

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.