Petition · past parliament

Bring back sibling enrolment at schools.

Closed 29 signatures

What the petition asks

The government need to rethink the enrolment of children into schools. They have lost a common sense approach and as of this year are forcing parents to accept their ridiculous decisions on school placements.
As of now if you have at least one child in a primary school and you apply for the September start for a younger sibling, the government can now ignore common sense and force you to be at 2 different schools at exactly the same time.
They need to bring get back the old "sibling" question into the application for a school place so parents are not put through so much mental stress facing the prospect of having to be on opposite sides of a town at the same time.

Timeline

20 Jul 2016 Petition opened for signatures
20 Jan 2017 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 29
Status Closed
Opened 20 Jul 2016
Closed 20 Jan 2017

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.