Petition · past parliament
Cancel GCSE’s for year tens and other people doing exams next year.
Rejected
17 signatures
What the petition asks
Cancel GCSEs for year tens and other people taking exams next year
Lockdown is taking a huge chunk out of the academic year.It will be near impossible for the students to recover and learn the curriculum in time for their exams.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
You may wish to sign these petition which call for a very similar, related actions:
Review the decision to use previous data to calculate exam grades
Work with regulators and exam providers to clarify exam arrangements for 2021.
Review the decision to use previous data to calculate exam grades
Work with regulators and exam providers to clarify exam arrangements for 2021.
Timeline
| 2 Apr 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 27 May 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
17
Status
Rejected
Rejected
27 May 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.