Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament

Rejected petition Legally let students leave if their teacher is 10 minutes late

Let any uk students whether it is college or university leave their class if the teacher hasn’t arrived within the first 15 minutes and there isn’t a substitute

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So that students don’t waste their time waiting outside of a classroom and so that they can learn

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 can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

Decisions about school timetables are a matter for individual schools, not the UK Government or Parliament.

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