Petition

Provide Air Conditioning in all UK School Classrooms

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Introduce a national programme to equip all state-funded school classrooms with air conditioning or equivalent cooling systems, ensuring schools can remain safe and operational during increasingly frequent extreme heat events caused by climate change.
Heatwaves in the UK are becoming more frequent and severe. Many school buildings were not designed for extreme temperatures, leaving classrooms too hot for learning and potentially affecting the health of pupils and staff.

The Government should fund a national programme to install air conditioning or effective cooling systems in state-funded schools. This would help keep schools open, protect education, and reduce disruption and childcare pressures on families during extreme heat.

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 petition, which calls for similar action:

Legislate a statutory maximum temperature for classrooms and fund school cooling
Legislate a statutory maximum temperature for classrooms and fund school cooling

Timeline

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