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Move A-Level results day to end June/ beginning July to relieve students anxiety

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Move a-level results to end June or start of July to relieve students of anxiety. It’s not fair we have to wait so long to find out what is happening with our future. The exam boards don’t even have papers to mark!
These are unprecedented times and we as students feel that we aren’t getting the support we need. Our future is no longer in our hands so why should we have to wait so long? Please move A-Level Results day to the end of June or start of July!!

Why it was rejected

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

The Department for Education has been announcing how this year's A-levels and GCSEs will work, but decisions about examinations and assessments in England, including when results are issued, are a matter for Ofqual and the exam boards, and are not a matter for the UK Government or Parliament.

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

27 May 2020 Petition opened for signatures
9 Jul 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 9 Jul 2020

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