Petition · past parliament

Make GCSEs simple

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

GCSEs are too hard and have pushed children to death in some cases. When kids don't know what job they want they clearly aren't ready to memorise several books

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action. You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

Timeline

23 Feb 2017 Petition opened for signatures
7 Mar 2017 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 16
Status Rejected
Rejected 7 Mar 2017

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