Petition Stop schools forcing children to pray and sing religious songs in assembly.

It is not fair that children, in Primary Schools especially are forced to sing religious songs, hear biblical stories and say prayer in morning assemblies. Even if children are allowed to sit out (e.g. because they have different beliefs) that is encouraging isolation based on religion.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

17 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 17 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Show on a map the geographical breakdown of signatures by constituency

10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 16 September 2016
Get petition data (json format)

About petition data

The data shows the number of people who have signed the petition by country as well as in the constituency of each Member of Parliament. This data is available for all petitions on the site. It is not a list of people who have signed the petition. The only name that is shared on the site is that of the petition creator.