Petition · past parliament

Refund fees for A-level & GCSE entries from examination boards

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Schools are doing the bulk of the work to decide this year’s grades following the decision to scrap exams.
Therefore examination boards should refund the fees charged for A-level and GCSE entries this summer.

Why it was rejected

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

Petitions must call for a specific action that the UK Government or House of Commons is responsible for.

Decisions about refunding exam fees are a matter for individual exam boards, not the Government or House of Commons. As a result it is not possible for the Government or House of Commons to take the action you have requested.

We could accept a petition calling on the Government to reimburse schools for exam board fees for the last two academic years, if that's what you want to happen.

Timeline

19 May 2021 Petition opened for signatures
25 May 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10
Status Rejected
Rejected 25 May 2021

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