Early Years to be open for key children & vulnerable ONLY during lockdown 2021

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

It is unfair to close down the nation yet expect early years settings to be open to all, when children aged 4 and under cannot social distance and have no or little understanding of the pandemic. This is putting many risks to children, parents and staff.

It is unfair why early years is so over looked during this whole pandemic. There is no social distancing with the children as they don’t understand.
Early years staff have hardly got a mention, we do our job because we love it but why are we risking our lives and our families lives when the rest of the education sector is told to stay home? Makes no sense.

Why it was rejected

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

You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action: Only open Early Years settings for key workers, vulnerable or SEN children

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

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You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 11 Jan 2021

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