Give Year 12 students the option to retake the Year · petition

What the petition asks

We are asking that the Department for Education make provisions for the current Year 12 students to be able to retake the academic year at school if they see fit, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic

Many, many students, including myself, feel as if they have had a whole years worth of learning wasted as the current crisis has taken away time that was meant to be spent consolidating learning and preparing for exams. Year 12's across the country feel lost, as we are being given unequal learning opportunities, in unequal learning environments, with little to no guidance from government. Giving students the option to retake the year would hand some students the fresh chance they need to succeed

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 calling for the same action: Require schools to allow children the option to retake their year next year

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 find 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

26 May 2020	Petition opened for signatures
5 Jun 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee