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Petition · past parliament · Department for Education

Don’t re-open schools until all staff have been vaccinated

Closed 45 signatures

What the petition asks

Schools should not be re-opened until all school staff have been vaccinated. Without doing so, staff and their families could be put at risk from infection and further unnecessary and needless deaths. Let alone the mental health risks, which have already been stretched to the maximum.
There are concerns that teachers and schools have not been funded or supported sufficiently to carry out what is being expected of them. The Prime Minister has admitted that schools are a vector for transmission, and until the Government can ensure through vaccinations this is no longer the case, they have a duty to safeguard lives and not put them in danger.

Timeline

24 Feb 2021 Petition opened for signatures
24 Aug 2021 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 45
Status Closed
Department Department for Education
Opened 24 Feb 2021
Closed 24 Aug 2021

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