Petition · past parliament
Make schools use all the safety measures required in all other indoor settings
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Put in place all of the same Covid safety measures, as are required in all other indoor settings where households mix into UK schools.
Prioritise safety in order to have a safe and sustainable education provision for all throughout a global pandemic.
The long-term effects of even asymptomatic infections are still unknown. Unnecessarily exposing pupils, school staff and their families to an as yet not fully understood novel virus is an example of organisational abuse.
The long-term effects of even asymptomatic infections are still unknown. Unnecessarily exposing pupils, school staff and their families to an as yet not fully understood novel virus is an example of organisational abuse.
Why it was rejected
It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.
We understand you'd like the restrictions on schools to change, however it's not clear what you'd like them to change to - the restrictions on indoor settings vary depending on the nature of the setting itself.
If there are specific restrictions on certain other indoor settings that you'd like to apply to schools, you could start a petition about that.
In the meantime, you might like to sign the following petitions which call for related actions:
Make wearing face masks mandatory in secondary schools and colleges.
Fully fund schools for Covid-19 costs and provide relief for loss of income
Reclose schools and colleges due to increase in COVID-19 cases
Require schools to allow children to wear face masks at school due to Covid-19
Close schools with confirmed COVID cases
Make wearing face masks mandatory in secondary schools and colleges.
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/
If there are specific restrictions on certain other indoor settings that you'd like to apply to schools, you could start a petition about that.
In the meantime, you might like to sign the following petitions which call for related actions:
Make wearing face masks mandatory in secondary schools and colleges.
Fully fund schools for Covid-19 costs and provide relief for loss of income
Reclose schools and colleges due to increase in COVID-19 cases
Require schools to allow children to wear face masks at school due to Covid-19
Close schools with confirmed COVID cases
Make wearing face masks mandatory in secondary schools and colleges.
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
| 8 Dec 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 15 Dec 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
15 Dec 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.