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Petition · past parliament · Department for Education

Offer weekly voluntary COVID-19 tests for secondary pupils and staff

Closed 38 signatures

What the petition asks

The government should offer all secondary aged pupils and school staff a weekly COVID-19 test, ideally the less intrusive, lower cost saliva test.
Recent research appears to show secondary aged pupils spread the virus like adults. I appreciate it is important for children to be in full time education however with schools being advised that social distancing of pupils is not necessary I worry that with many older pupils (Year 10/11) in bubbles of 200-250 they could cause local outbreaks of Covid-19. We hope secondary pupils will not suffer badly from this virus, however they could pass it onto vulnerable family members and elderly relatives

Timeline

1 Sep 2020 Petition opened for signatures
1 Mar 2021 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 38
Status Closed
Department Department for Education
Opened 1 Sep 2020
Closed 1 Mar 2021

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