Stop ALL schools rewarding 100% attendance.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

We want the government to recognise that this is discrimination. There are children who have serious conditions, children who have to attend numerous hospital appointments and children who are unwell through no fault of their own.

You need to stop this discrimination. It causes sick children to feel anxious and different because they are not being rewarding for being at school for the set amount of time. They are not at school because they are ill. Parents who think the 100% attendance award is good for children end up sending their children into school when they are ill. This has an impact on the children who do have parents who keep them home.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We understand that you are concerned about school policies that recognise high attendance, but we're not sure exactly what you mean when you refer to schools "awarding" high attendance.

In any case, we can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for, and decisions about whether and how to recognise attendance are a matter for individual schools, not the UK Government or Parliament.

Timeline

27 Apr 2022	Petition opened for signatures
3 May 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 3 May 2022

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