Petition · past parliament

school admissions issues with manchester city council not allocating places

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

manchester city council have ignored preference schools and forcing parents to send thier children to poor school with bad ofstead reports.
to make admissions into school fair and offer schools in the preference lists and not their choice. Offeribg poor schools is putting our childrens future at risk.
we are being forced to send childrens to schools even after refusing places and council not offering additional schools forcing schools we do not want to send our children too.
Close the schools or improve them so they become a choice.
Not force the children and upsey them into acceptance

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

Decisions about school allocations are a matter for your local authority, not the UK Government or Parliament.

You could raise your issue with a local councillor who represents you. You can find out who your local councillors are, and how to contact them, by entering your post code here:
https://www.gov.uk/find-your-local-councillors

Timeline

9 Mar 2022 Petition opened for signatures
14 Mar 2022 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 14
Status Rejected
Rejected 14 Mar 2022

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