Petition · past parliament
Allow 2017 GCSE students to NOT sit a closed book exam in English
Rejected
10 signatures
What the petition asks
Writing a closed book exam is very difficult and highly stressful, making students memorise quotations does not test their intellect. I would rather students siting the English literature 2017 papers to be allowed the book/play or be allowed to bring there own quotations in with them.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 13 Feb 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 16 Feb 2017 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
10
Status
Rejected
Rejected
16 Feb 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.