Petition · past parliament

Close Schools to keep teachers and students safe why’ll covid numbers are high

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Make lessons online during third wave of pandemic until vaccine is given . Open schools for children at risk or key workers only. Protect shielding families by not making members of same household to attend school .
Teachers , students and parents believe the risk of travelling to school and attending lessons is too much of a risk . As a family myself who are meant to be shielding, why must our child attend if we are vulnerable.
Protect our Teachers , pupils and parents and guardians Help protect our NHS . Until we can have vaccine . Learning online only

Why it was rejected

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

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Reclose schools and colleges due to increase in COVID-19 cases: Reclose schools and colleges due to increase in COVID-19 cases

Timeline

28 Dec 2020 Petition opened for signatures
30 Dec 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10
Status Rejected
Rejected 30 Dec 2020

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