Rejected petition Close down SEN schools.

Rejected on 13 January 2021

This national lockdown has closed all schools except SEN schools. These children are spreading the virus as much as primary/secondary schools and it is not safe for teaching staff to be in SEN schools. SEN schools should be only offering a space to keyworker and critically vulnerable children.

This will help reduce infection rates. Stop the fast spread of covid in SEN schools as they need more 1-1 care. Staff and parents are getting very ill with the virus. Teachers union have gavered evidence.

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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You may wish to sign this petition calling for a similar: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/567579

During the current lockdown the Government has stated that colleges, primary (reception onwards) and secondary schools will remain open for vulnerable children and the children of critical workers only: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/national-lockdown-stay-at-home#going-to-school-or-college

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