Petition · past parliament
Award all grades to students due to take GCSE exams this summer in the same way.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
The government should abandon the discriminatory and damaging proposal by Ofqual on 3 April 2020 not to award grades to students in Years 9 and 10 on the basis of teacher assessment and award grades to all students in the same way, irrespective of their age or the year group they are in.
Most year 9 and 10 students had had as much GCSE tuition as those in Year 11 To discriminate against them simply because they are younger is possibly illegal (EA S96(1))and is certainly immoral.
When students return to school it will be a full six months since they have had any formal teaching in the subjects in which they are being examined. This will disadvantage them hugely.
This is an unnecessary addition to the strains on students’ mental health at what is already a difficult time.
When students return to school it will be a full six months since they have had any formal teaching in the subjects in which they are being examined. This will disadvantage them hugely.
This is an unnecessary addition to the strains on students’ mental health at what is already a difficult time.
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 this petition which calls for a very similar action: Review the decision to use previous data to calculate exam grades.
Timeline
| 7 Apr 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 27 May 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
27 May 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.