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Petition · past parliament

Start schools at 10:30am.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

I want the government to let kids get more sleep, and start school at 10:3am.
Because us teenagers don’t fully wake up until around 10am, getting up for school at 7 is really unhealthy.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

We think that this petition is very similar to yours:

10 O'clock Start Times For Schools

Timeline

1 Dec 2022 Petition opened for signatures
6 Dec 2022 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 6 Dec 2022

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