Rejected petition Give children priority regarding preferred schools if their school gets closed

If a council decides to close a school, children needing to then look for a new school should be given priority so they can get their preferred new school.

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At the moment children who need to look for a new school because their school gets closed do not get priority when applying for a place at a new school. This is unfair! The children are going through enough trauma as it is so shouldn’t be made to suffer even more. Also, the parents will possibly encounter further problems if their child does not get into their preferred school (the new school given to them might be too far away or not easy to get to, for example).

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

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

Decisions about school admission criteria and priority are a matter for local authorities and schools.

You can contact your local councillors who represent you to raise your concerns about this. You can use this page to find out who your local councillors are, and how to contact them: https://www.gov.uk/find-your-local-councillors

You could also contact the Office of the Schools Adjudicator. You can find out more about their role here: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-of-the-schools-adjudicator

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

Date submitted 11 December 2024
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