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Change the start of the school year to January

Submitted on Friday 15th May 2020

Rejected on Friday 5th June 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Change the start of the school year to January

Petition Details

We would like the government to consider changing the start of the school year to January.

Additional Information

The coronavirus has had such a disruption on schools. This change would allow children to catch up with work they they have missed and get used to a new school environment due to social distancing. The teachers could ease them back to classes they are used from Sept to Dec. This would take the pressure of parents, children and teachers. It would allow children to prepare for exams and not miss out on transition to different years and new schools


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

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

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306954

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