{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/785478.json"},"data":{"type":"petition","id":785478,"attributes":{"action":"End Compulsory Schooling and Focus on Real-Life Education","background":"Children spend years in school but often leave without essential life skills. Education should focus on budgeting, cooking, bills, employment rights and preparing for adult life.","additional_details":"End compulsory school and give families the freedom to choose how their children are educated.\r\nChildren spend years in school but often leave without essential life skills. Education should focus on budgeting, cooking, bills, employment rights and preparing for adult life.\r\nChildren should have access to flexible learning that develops their individual talents and teaches practical skills they will actually use, rather than forcing everyone through the same traditional school system.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":6,"created_at":"2026-10-26T16:52:09.940Z","updated_at":"2026-11-13T14:10:26.253Z","rejected_at":"2026-11-13T14:10:19.172Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-10-27T21:28:20.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":{"code":"no-action","details":"Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.\r\n\r\nWe're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. Parents can already choose to home school their children. It's also not clear whether you want to make education itself optional or if you want to completely overhaul the curriculum and only focus on budgeting, cooking, bills, employment rights and preparing for adult life.\r\n\r\nYou could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do."},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}