Petition · past parliament

To be considered the furlough for Supply Teachers in England

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

To be considered the furlough for Supply Teachers in England. The schools are working at lower capacity, to be offered support only to vulnerable and keyworkers' children, covered only by the permanent staff. The Supply Teachers are not able to work, but meanwhile are led to despair.
The Agencies are not giving support, unwilling to pay NI and taxes out of their pocket and even refuse the staff to pay themselves the costs, unless they will have any income.
The furlough scheme need to be reviewed, because the income of thousands English Supply Teachers has been terminated, because of the lockdown measures. The Supply Teachers and their families are suffering without forthcoming income or even news for it.

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: Review income replacement schemes for school supply staff

Timeline

15 Jan 2021 Petition opened for signatures
21 Jan 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 21 Jan 2021

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