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Year 10 GCSEs should be cancelled due to covid-19!

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Year 10 GCSEs should also be cancelled due to covid-19 lockdown.
Year 10 GCSEs should also be cancelled due to covid-19 lockdown and not been given all the revision time they can get.
Even though they are on lockdown not all teenagers are prioratising their work and focusing because teenagers won't do work without having a teacher checking on their work and given out sanctions for incomplete work.
I am a year 10 student who struggles and stresses about my future GCSEs and failing because I don't understand work being set online.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

Decisions about exams are a matter for exam boards and individual schools, and are not a matter for the UK Government or Parliament.

We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:

Work with regulators and exam providers to clarify exam arrangements for 2021: Work with regulators and exam providers to clarify exam arrangements for 2021

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

Timeline

7 May 2020 Petition opened for signatures
28 May 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 28 May 2020

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