Sack Gavin Williamson for the A Level and GCSE results fiasco of 2020

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

I believe that the Government should sack the Education Secretary, Gavin Williamson, for all the stress and anguish caused for students who were due to sit A Level and GCSE examinations. As well as this, I think the government should reconsider GCSE's and A Levels going ahead in 2021.

Many A Level students were forced to miss out on their dream University Places due to the Algorithm that determined grades, that in turn was based on postcode and not actual student potential. And if there wasn't such uproar about the A Level results, the government would have let the algorithm determine the grades for the many GCSE students too - even after saying in March/April that teachers would assign them their grades. They missed 3months of teaching. 2021 leavers would have missed 6months

Why it was rejected

It was about honours or appointments, which petitions cannot cover.

We can't publish petitions about honours or appointments. That includes calling for Ministers to be sacked or to resign.

If you're concerned about a particular policy or decision that's the responsibility of Government or the House of Commons, you could sign or start a petition about that.

We have published the following petitions, some of which you might like to sign:

Cancel GCSEs and A Levels in 2021: Cancel GCSEs and A Levels 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

Timeline

13 Oct 2020	Petition opened for signatures
20 Oct 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 20 Oct 2020

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