Petition · past parliament

Schools not to open for all children before isolation is lifted.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Schools are to remain open to key worker children and vulnerable children during the isolation phases and not to re-open to all children before the isolation is lifted.
2-4% is more children/staff and parents dying is too many. There is no social distancing in schools!
I am a teacher and do not want a child to pass on the Covid19 without knowledge. I am a single parent why should I have to put myself at risk! Children do not social distance as soon as they return you will have 100’s of children mixing and passing on germs to other children and adults. I would also suggest anyone that dies as a result of this sues the government for all it has. Other countries haven’t so why should we. I economy / life. I choose LIFE!!!

Why it was rejected

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

You may wish to sign some of these petitions:

Keep schools closed until Covid 19 is no longer a threat: Keep schools closed until Covid 19 is no longer a threat

Stop opening nurseries until is safe to do so: Stop opening nurseries until is safe to do so.

Keep schools closed in the UK until an effective Cov-19 vaccine is available: Keep schools closed in the UK until an effective Cov-19 vaccine is available.

Shut schools completely to stop putting teachers, TAs and pupils at risk: Shut schools completely to stop putting teachers, TAs and pupils at risk

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https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

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You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

Timeline

8 Apr 2020 Petition opened for signatures
5 Jun 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 5 Jun 2020

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