Petition · past parliament

Give parents/teachers the option for children to resit the school year.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Help the children who are struggling with home schooling who are up to a year behind classmates, this could in the form of longer school days to ensure the curriculum is understood,for those that are far behind and struggling offer them the choice of resitting the year.
This needs to be addressed as after this 3rd lockdown, children will have missed nearly off school, being educated the bare minimum through home learning as it's very hard to get a child to pay attention and concentrate as much as they would in an academic setting

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 calling for the same action: Allow more school pupils to repeat an academic year due to COVID-19 lockdown.

Timeline

5 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.