Submitted on Monday 5th October 2020
Rejected on Monday 12th October 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Make a compulsory 'mental health day' once a month for students
Students mental health does not seem to matter as much as their schoolwork. Therefore they should be able to choose one day a month not to come in and marked down as a 'mental health day'.
I am a student myself and therefore know that we have days that we will plead not to come to school but ,as usual, we are made to. This effects us in many ways as we do not focus on work on that day and do not have the energy to do anything. Thank you for your time and I hope you consider this
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Students can already not attend school for medical grounds, which would include reasons related to mental health.
If you want students to be able to take one day off a month for their personal wellbeing, rather than because of any specific mental health issues, we could accept a petition calling for this, but it would need to be clear that this is what you want to happen.
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Make mental health and wellbeing checks compulsory in all levels of education: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/331616
Fund free Mental Health First Aider training for 1 adult in every school: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/548425
Require all schools to offer regular counselling to students: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/328361
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