Submitted on Sunday 3rd January 2021
Rejected on Tuesday 5th January 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Close schools, college's and Universities due to the new strain of COVID 19.
Working in a school has been tough since the start of the pandemic. With the infection rate increasing again we need to keep teachers, support staff and children safe. Therefore closing schools will keep everyone safe until vaccines are given.
I work in a primary school and have seen first hand how class years have been affected since returning last September. Some year groups at my school and surrounding schools have had to self isolate on 3 occasions since September 2020, disrupting the children's education for 6 weeks in total. Also, I've had the virus since returning back to work last September and with this new strain of the virus I do not want to get infected again.
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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 university campuses to be closed: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/552512
Since you started your petition the Government has announced that primary schools, secondary schools and colleges across England must move to remote provision from 5 January 2021, except for vulnerable children and the children of key workers.
You can read the Prime Minister's announcement of new Covid-19 restrictions, including school closures, here: www.gov.uk/government/speeches/prime-ministers-address-to-the-nation-4-january-2021
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