Cancel any external mini exams you plan to hold for alevel and GCSE students

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Cancel the proposal that you will give external mini exams for Alevel and GCSE students and put your trust in teachers instead and allow them to give us calculated grades using material they deem suitable.

The loss of learning time cannot be made up for with online lessons and will result in us being unprepared for ‘smaller external exams’. Many students don’t have full access to all the resources needed for online school so their true performance and ability will not be reflected.Increased feelings of stress,anxiety and depression have really damaged our mental health and the idea of sitting any kind of external exams will put an even bigger strain on our well-being.

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:

Cancel GCSE and A-levels in 2021 replace with Course Work and Teacher Assessment: Cancel GCSE and A-levels in 2021 replace with Course Work and Teacher Assessment

Base 2021 GCSE and A-Level Grades on Teacher Considerations and Mock Grades: Base 2021 GCSE and A-Level Grades on Teacher Considerations and Mock Grades

Give students the option to take exams or receive assessed grades for 2020/21: Give students the option to take exams or receive assessed grades for 2020/21

The Department for Education and Ofqual are consulting on the approach to awarding GCSE, AS and A level grades in 2021 following the cancellation of exams. You can find out more about this consultation here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-how-gcse-as-and-a-level-grades-should-be-awarded-in-summer-2021

Timeline

15 Jan 2021	Petition opened for signatures
20 Jan 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 20 Jan 2021

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