Petition · past parliament · Department for Education

No public funds or tax breaks for schools with faith or gender admissions policy

Closed 35 signatures

What the petition asks

Schools that restrict admissions based on gender or faith should not receive government funding or tax breaks of any kind.
State schools that currently discriminate in this way should be given the choice of either opening to all or becoming privately funded.

In the workplace it is illegal to discriminate by protected characteristics such as religion or gender, yet this is accepted in school admissions.

We believe that single-sex schools do not have better academic or social outcomes, and that often the contrary is true.

The rules for school admissions should match those for recruitment to the workplace, that we are preparing children for.

Timeline

17 May 2021 Petition opened for signatures
17 Nov 2021 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 35
Status Closed
Department Department for Education
Opened 17 May 2021
Closed 17 Nov 2021

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