Petition

Stop the cancellation of Christian festival celebrations in our schools.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Ensure that celebrations of Christian festivals such as Easter or Christmas are not cancelled in our schools and that no plans are made to remove Christianity from the school curriculum.
Certain schools have cancelled this year's Easter celebrations in the interests of diversity but if the celebrations of one faith's festivals are cancelled then all should be cancelled. Cancelling any one of them goes against diversity.

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 marking religious events is a matter for individual schools, not the UK Government or Parliament.

Timeline

25 Mar 2025 Petition opened for signatures
22 Apr 2025 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 22 Apr 2025

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 27 Jul 2026.