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Use Covid-19 as a means to implement a change in the English Education System.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Use Covid-19 as a means to implement a change in the English Education System, having children repeat the current year and follow the European model whilst changing the starting age of school children to 6 years from September.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We understand that you want the Government to change the way England's education system works, but we're not sure exactly what changes you'd like the Government to make. Your petition refers to "the European model", but it's not clear exactly what you mean by this.

You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:

All pupils to repeat this current academic year: All pupils to repeat this current academic year.

Timeline

4 Jan 2021 Petition opened for signatures
11 Jan 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 11 Jan 2021

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