Rejected petition Stop using SEN (special educational needs) schools as a polling station

A lot of SEN children require routine and struggle with the normal school breaks. Closing schools to use as a polling station can cause these children unnecessary anxiety and stress. They need the stability of school more than mainstream school children. Closing for one day has a huge impact on them

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

It's local authorities' responsibility to decide where to locate polling stations. You could raise this issue with local councillors who represent you:

https://www.gov.uk/find-your-local-councillors

You could start a new petition calling for a ban on local authorities using SEN schools as polling stations.

You might like to sign this petition, which calls for a ban on local authorities using any school as a polling station:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/244383

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 30 April 2019
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