Rejected petition Send years 9, 10 and 11 back to school after half term.
Years ten and eleven are the most important years for comprehensive school childeren. They’ve already missed months due to covid. Online learning is no substitute for face to face teaching. Years nine, ten and eleven shouldn’t be disadvantaged. Please sign this petition if your worried about continuing lockdowns affecting our children’s education.
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue, or if the Petitions Committee has considered one in the last year.
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue, or if the Petitions Committee has considered one in the last year.
A similar petition is being considered by the Petitions Committee. It calls for schools to be categorised as critical infrastructure and specifically calls for no further school closures: https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/200197
Details of the Committee’s previous consideration of this issue can be found here: https://business.senedd.wales/mgIssueHistoryChronology.aspx?IId=29234&Opt=
You may also be interested in signing the following petition:
Re-opening schools for year 11 pupils rather than year 8, from 2nd November onwards. https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/244273
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