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We are 3 Year 12 students who've enjoyed studying politics at A-level and wish we could have studied it at a GCSE level. However, in England and Wales and Northern Ireland you cannot take GCSE politics. It was cancelled in 2002 due to lack of popularity because the course was considered 'dull' because it was based around the study of political institutions. However, we believe that a new GCSE in politics, with a new syllabus based around the more interesting and contempory aspects of politics, for example pressure groups, political parties and setting up your own country and ideology, would attract young people. An interesting and popular GCSE will lead to more people understanding politics which in turn would lead to better political participation and be of huge benefit to society.

Current signatories

Jon Harris, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• John Holden
• Ben Pritchard
• Josh Searl
• Sally Harris
• Philip Glover BA (Hons)
• Mr Partis (petitions.pm.gov.uk/noknifecrime/)
• Aminah Borg-Luck
• Rachael Weait
• Tim Harris
• Rosie Morris
• David Dalgleish
• John Stanley
• Donna Castle
• Nathan Williamson
• William Thomas
• Andrea J Chee
• Elisabeth Telcs
• Stuart Vernon
• Katherine Thomas
• Karen Vaughan
• Steve Aynsley - petitions.pm.gov.uk/parentslone
• Mobushhra Rehman
• Victoria
• Abdullah Rhodes-Taylor
• Carl Gibbons
• Karen Francis
• Laura Truesdale
• Daisy Ford
• Tina McLeod
• Jeremy Wormald
• Sue Gray
• Helen Reilly
• Adam Lonsdale
• Samantha Stainforth
• Alexander Otley
• Edward Mason
• Rachel McGowan
• Adam Pollard
• Andrew Taylor
• James Turnbull
• emma davidmann
• Christopher Windle
• Ross Hill
• James Bryan Paul Harries
• Hannah Gray
• Amy Paynter
• Braden Davy
• Jack Gebhard
• Adam Storey
• Andrew Elliott MYP (North Tyneisde)
• Michael Shilliday
• Kate Elizabeth Talbot
• Catherine Knight
• Daniel Wells
• Karl Lewis
• muzackir hussain
• Chloe Wilkins
• Louise Ketley
• Andrew Scalisi
• hazel o'brien
• John Peck
• Dan Wheeler
• James Arrows
• Kirsty Stewart
• Daniel Wilkins
• Paul Leake
• Ian Duncan
• Irene Knight
• Cathy Alexander
• Alison Tindale
• Ewan Tindale
• Daniel Olive
• Jack Taylor
• Nicola Young
• Emily Hilditch
• Katrina Leaf
• Jessica Luhar
• Alex Jones
• Patricia Clinton
• Maximillian Hughes-Williams
• Christopher Dowle
• Alice Manwaring
• Alana Beattie
• Philip Vasquez
• Jack Haywood
• Angela Bruce
• Dylan Tynan
• Francisco De Freitas
• Devika Ramcharan
• Lacotea stansbury-Power
• Hirra Khan
• Helena Gardner
• Shafia Khanam
• Jessica Bailey
• Ian Walsh
• Nathan Thomas Trout
• Danny Peter Franklin
• Rebecca Smith-Dawkins
• Luke Wale
• Mr. Lee Thorogood
• Elizabeth Kahn
• Thomas Gazzard (petitions.number10.gov.uk/cadwrhydfelen/)
• Rebecca Keely
• Nathan Ian Green
• Margaret King
• Katie Garland
• Ciara McCoy
• samantha cropper
• Fiona Gibbs
• shbana hussain
• Anna Connolly
• Benjamin Fung