Petitions/Include more sports options for GCSE PE
StatusClosed
Opened26 Mar 2025
Closes26 Sept 2025
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Parliamentary debateNot eligible
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I feel that a lot of the sports chosen for GCSE PE are not available in more deprived areas, limiting the options for working class children to consider taking a GCSE in sport.

I think that activities like weight-lifting and martial arts are much more accessible and many children partake in them from all backgrounds. I couldn’t believe the limitations of what students are allowed to chose. Why is it that a student can partake at competition level for certain sports, such as weightlifting, but can't do the activity for GCSE? I feel it's unfair that expensive, "for the masses" sports are on the list, but other, more accessible sports aren't.

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Angela Rayner
1Angela Rayner MP
Ashton-under-Lyne
65
Jonathan Reynolds
2Jonathan Reynolds MP
Stalybridge and Hyde
41
David Simmonds
3David Simmonds MP
Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
22
Christian Wakeford
4Christian Wakeford MP
Bury South
19
Hannah Spencer
5Hannah Spencer MP
Gorton and Denton
16
Mike Kane
6Mike Kane MP
Wythenshawe and Sale East
16
Alex McIntyre
7Alex McIntyre MP
Gloucester
15
Mr James Frith
8Mr James Frith MP
Bury North
14
Tom Tugendhat
9Tom Tugendhat MP
Tonbridge
14
Mary Glindon
10Mary Glindon MP
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
13
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