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Petition · past parliament · Department for Education

Fund free A-level and GCSE resists to make them accessible to all students.

Closed 95 signatures

What the petition asks

The government must promise to ensure autumn examinations are free and accessible to all. Otherwise the social mobility of our cohort will be comprised and the examinations will lack social equality because low-income students won't be able to access the examinations.
Ofqual's predicted grade system has already been shown to harshly affect already disadvantaged students. This has been justified through the promise of autumn examinations. However, If these re-sits aren't free, then low-income students won't be able to access the exams to improve their grade and thus the meritocracy and integrity of the 2020 exam series will be comprised.

Timeline

26 Aug 2020 Petition opened for signatures
26 Feb 2021 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 95
Status Closed
Department Department for Education
Opened 26 Aug 2020
Closed 26 Feb 2021

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