Petition · past parliament

Put children back a school year at least / until a vaccine is found for Covid-19

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

The risk of sending children back to school before a vaccine is found for Covid-19 is putting all families at risk.
They must not be used as guinea pigs in this Pandemic!
PUT ALL CHILDREN BACK A SCHOOL YEAR!

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:

Repeat the current school year from Sept 2020: Repeat the current school year from Sept 2020

Require schools to allow children the option to retake their year next year: Require schools to allow children the option to retake their year next year

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

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

The Government has also created an online service to help you find out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

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

18 May 2020 Petition opened for signatures
8 Jun 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 8 Jun 2020

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