Rejected petition Ban or reduce homework in schools across the nation!

Homework exacerbates stress, anxiety and even depression within school students, mental health is the worst its ever been. Mental effects of this pressure may be long lasting and affect students lives, relationships and free time. With such a detrimental affect on mental health is it worth it?

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Student's average anxiety levels are higher than that of the adults
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthandwellbeing/bulletins/coronavirusandfirstyearhighereducationstudentsengland/4octoberto11october2021

A Stanford University study showed that homework affects students’ physical and mental health because at least 56% of students attribute homework to be their primary source of stress.

https://news.stanford.edu/2014/03/10/too-much-homework-031014/

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

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

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Ban schools from being able to set homework: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/622990

Ban schools from setting more than four hours of homework a week: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/618953

Ban more than 1 hour of homework every week: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/625160

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

Date submitted 17 January 2023
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