Petition · past parliament

Allow parents to choose to homeschool children, through the Covid-19 pandemic.

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Let parents who are in a situation to homeschool children, and help limit the spread of Covid-19, be allowed and encouraged to do so.
I feel that schools are not being shut in the uk, largely based on figures that parents who work full time would suffer, I feel that this should be a decision for ever parent to be able to make in their personal circumstances, and those parents who don't work, and are fully able to homeschool,and help pressures on schools and the community should be granted the permission.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

13 Mar 2020 Petition opened for signatures
16 Mar 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 16 Mar 2020

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