This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Make schools use all the safety measures required in all other indoor settings
Put in place all of the same Covid safety measures, as are required in all other indoor settings where households mix into UK schools.
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Prioritise safety in order to have a safe and sustainable education provision for all throughout a global pandemic.
The long-term effects of even asymptomatic infections are still unknown. Unnecessarily exposing pupils, school staff and their families to an as yet not fully understood novel virus is an example of organisational abuse.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
We understand you'd like the restrictions on schools to change, however it's not clear what you'd like them to change to - the restrictions on indoor settings vary depending on the nature of the setting itself.
If there are specific restrictions on certain other indoor settings that you'd like to apply to schools, you could start a petition about that.
In the meantime, you might like to sign the following petitions which call for related actions:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/330227
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/555718
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/550846
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/331468
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/551681
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/330227
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you find out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.