Petition · past parliament
Close schools along with the lockdown to save lives
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Close the schools, colleges and universities to save lives and lessen the stress on all students and to stop the spread of the virus to different and possibly vulnerable families
If you close the schools, it will lesson the stress on students helping their mental health and it will stop lots of students traveling ergo reducing the spread of the virus, it will stop students spreading it to different families many that are vulnerable this will also reduce the stress of many families as they don't have to worry about their children coming home and infecting them
This would also speed up the drop in cases as thousands of students aren't spreading it/catching it
This would also speed up the drop in cases as thousands of students aren't spreading it/catching it
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Require university campuses to close to stop the spread of COVID-19
Reclose schools and colleges due to increase in COVID-19 cases
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/
Reclose schools and colleges due to increase in COVID-19 cases
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
| 31 Oct 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 5 Nov 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
5 Nov 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.