To everyone who’s signed and supported — thank you. Over a thousand students have come together because something went seriously wrong with Edexcel A-Level Maths Paper 2, and we’re not going to let it be ignored.
Some people have said a petition is “pointless.” Here’s why they’re wrong:
➡️ Petitions build public pressure. They create a visible, undeniable record of mass concern — something Edexcel, Ofqual, and the media can’t dismiss.
➡️ They help get media attention. Journalists use petitions to judge what’s worth reporting. The bigger this gets, the more likely they are to cover it.
➡️ They show we’re united. When thousands of students speak with one voice, we become harder to ignore.
This isn’t just about one bad exam. It’s about fairness, transparency, and trust. Students revised the full course — only to be met with a paper that missed out key topics like binomial expansion, harmonic identities, implicit differentiation and more. To make matters worse, different students sat different versions of the paper, which were not equally difficult.
If you haven’t already:
➡️ Share the petition link with your classmates, teachers, tutors, WhatsApp groups, Instagram, TikTok, Reddit — anywhere students will see it.
➡️ The more people who sign, the louder our message becomes — and the harder it is for Edexcel and Ofqual to stay silent.
Even if someone sat the other paper or isn’t affected directly, they can sign in solidarity — because we all deserve a fair system.
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Subject: Urgent Concern: Edexcel A-Level Maths Paper 2 2025 – Unfair Exam Content
Dear [Recipient Name or “Sir/Madam”],
I am writing as a concerned A-Level student regarding the recent Edexcel A-Level Maths Paper 2 (2025). As shown by a petition that has already gathered over 1000 signatures, this exam failed to fairly assess the syllabus.
The exam failed to assess a wide range of core A-Level Maths topics, including binomial expansion, implicit differentiation, differentiation from first principles, the Newton-Raphson method, integration using identities, integration by substitution, differential equations, parametric equations, and both trigonometric and exponential modelling. These are not fringe areas of the specification — they are essential content that students spent two years studying and revising. To omit so many of these topics in a single paper is unacceptable and left many students feeling blindsided and unfairly assessed.
Worse still, different students were given different versions of the paper, with inconsistent difficulty and topic coverage — completely undermining the fairness and integrity of the exam process.
I urge Edexcel and the relevant authorities to:
Open a public investigation into what went wrong
Consider adjusted grade boundaries or compensatory measures
Ensure that no student is disadvantaged based on which version of the paper they sat
This issue is not about poor performance — it is about an unfair and inconsistent exam. Students should not have to suffer because of exam board mismanagement.
Sincerely,
[Your Full Name]