Submitted on Thursday 30th August 2012
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
End the inequality in the exam marks for English 2012
Thousands of students, many from deprived backgrounds, discovered on results day that the C grade they had hoped for had not happened.
However it was NO FAULT OF THEIRS but a HUGELY UNFAIR change in how marks were awarded.
In January of this year, students entering for their GCSE early could have scored a whole 9 marks more than those entering in June! This penalises those students fighting on the C/D borderline in particular who entered in June, who are pushing to improve themselves, and trying to get into colleges across the country.
It cannot be right that a child's future is determined not on their performance, but on when they sat their exam.
We need fairness, or what is the point in exams as a performance indicator at all? We need equality between January and June entrants as a matter of urgency.
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
3.129.69.151 Fri, 19 Apr 2024 13:08:59 +0100
