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Implement the requirement for consent of both parents for child school enrolment

Submitted by Christopher Taylor on Tuesday 1st July 2025

Published on Tuesday 29th July 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Thursday 29th January 2026

Signatures: 17

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Child ~ Children ~ decision ~ Decisive ~ England ~ England and Wales ~ Institution ~ knowledge ~ Major ~ Parent ~ Regulations ~ Tool ~ Wales

Petition Action

Implement the requirement for consent of both parents for child school enrolment

Petition Details

We call upon the UK Government to introduce statutory regulations requiring that the enrolment of a child in any educational institution in England and Wales must be lawfully conducted with the wilful and fully informed consent of both parents with parental responsibility.

Additional Information

Under the Children Act 1989, both parents with Parental Responsibility should be involved in major decisions like school enrolment. Currently, one parent can enrol their child without the other’s knowledge, which we think could be used as a tool of coercive control. This can harm children and exclude parents from proper joint decision making.


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