Change the AS, A level and GCSE exams in 2021 to be more equitable.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Exams should be changed to reflect school closures. Here are possible things that could be done: Open book exams, Reduced content, Greater coursework emphasis, Spread out content and papers greater, AS content in A level courses examined first and/or Push back exams for more than a month.

It is simply unfair that very little is done to support students, who may or may have not been supported throughout this crisis. There is a huge variability in the support that schools have offered throughout, which puts some students at a disadvantage. The exams should be changed to reflect this.

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 some of these petitions which call for similar actions:

Open book exams for GCSE and A-level students sitting exams in 2021:
Open book exams for GCSE and A-level students sitting exams in 2021

Reduce curriculum content for year 10 & 12 students who will sit exams in 2021:

Reduce curriculum content for year 10 & 12 students who will sit exams in 2021.

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

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

Create a taskforce to establish a fair process for 2021 university candidates:

Create a taskforce to establish a fair process for 2021 university candidates

Triple Lock for 2021 A Levels Exam Results:

Triple Lock for 2021 A Levels Exam Results

Timeline

5 Jul 2020	Petition opened for signatures
8 Sep 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 8 Sep 2020

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