Mandatory requirement for Air Conditioning in all Nursery and School settings.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

There is currently no active regulation which mandates air conditioning in all UK nurseries, nor is there a legal requirement for early years providers to install AC.

The Workplace Health, Safety and Welfare Regulations 1992 does not specify a maximum temperature for work settings either.

We want the government to make it law that air conditioning must be installed in all nurseries and school settings. With climate change and temperatures increasing, we feel we need to ensure our young children are not left in uncomfortable, hot rooms.

Why it was rejected

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

You may wish to sign the following petitions, which call for similar action:

Legislate a statutory maximum temperature for classrooms and fund school cooling
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Introduce a maximum safe temperature for Early Years settings
Introduce a maximum safe temperature for Early Years settings

Timeline

22 Jun 2026	Petition opened for signatures
16 Jul 2026	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 16 Jul 2026

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