Petition

Create a more diverse national curriculum.

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

We want to transition the current core subjects to add more creative and humanities based subjects. Additionally less focus on exams and reintroducing controlled assessments and coursework.
The current national curriculums core subject is too narrow, focusing only on academic subjects like English and maths instead of developing core skills. Adding a humanity and art creates a more well rounded student and allows them to learn about the world around them. Exam based courses only caters for students who can perform well under pressure. Having controlled assessments and coursework allows students who don't succeed in exams to show their knowledge and skills.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

There are already open petitions covering these requests, such as:

Stop GCSE exams
Stop GCSE exams

Abolish all written/timed exams in every GCSE/A-Level & make them practical
Abolish all written/timed exams in every GCSE/A-Level & make them practical

Review the amount of written exams for GCSEs
Review the amount of written exams for GCSEs

Protect & reinstate funding for arts & humanities in higher & further education
Protect & reinstate funding for arts & humanities in higher & further education

Timeline

19 Mar 2026 Petition opened for signatures
17 Apr 2026 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 16
Status Rejected
Rejected 17 Apr 2026

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 13 Aug 2026.