Petition · past parliament
Ban homework from state and private school.
Rejected
14 signatures
What the petition asks
Homework makes students stressful and distracts them from their studies. Studies have shown that less stress improves grades and homework is unneeded pressure.
Finland was ranked the 6th best education system in the world in 2015, and the best in Europe. The achieve this by not stressing out students by having 4 days of school and no homework. If the UK could follow this example of no homework, students and teachers wouldn't have nearly as much stress and student grades would improve, as students already have enough stress with exams.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 13 Feb 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 17 Feb 2017 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
14
Status
Rejected
Rejected
17 Feb 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.