Petition · past parliament · Department for Education
Introduce Covid-19 testing in primary schools in England for all staff & pupils.
Closed
34 signatures
What the petition asks
The Government must urgently introduce rapid tests in primary schools to pick up infections ASAP to help prevent entire year bubbles being sent home to isolate because one person has tested positive. Testing has been introduced in secondary schools and colleges already to help keep schools open.
The government says, "Primary school children will not be regularly asymptomatically tested due to low levels of transmission between younger aged children but will continue to need to come forward for tests if they have symptoms."
But the fact remains that they are transmitting the virus, as evidenced by the thousands of pupils who have been sent home – from primary school – to isolate over the past year. Money allocated for summer school would be better spent on keeping children in school.
But the fact remains that they are transmitting the virus, as evidenced by the thousands of pupils who have been sent home – from primary school – to isolate over the past year. Money allocated for summer school would be better spent on keeping children in school.
Timeline
| 12 Mar 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 12 Sep 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
34
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Education
Opened
12 Mar 2021
Closed
12 Sep 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.