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Introduce British Sign Language (BSL) to all primary school children

Submitted by Tanya Blake on Sunday 5th October 2025

Published on Friday 7th November 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Thursday 7th May 2026

Signatures: 3,218

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British ~ British Sign Language ~ Children ~ Deaf ~ Digital ~ Gap ~ GCSE ~ Isolation ~ loneliness ~ mentalhealth ~ month ~ Population ~ Primary ~ Primary schools ~ Reading ~ Reduced ~ remain ~ school children ~ Schools ~ Signed ~ skills ~ speech ~ Studies

Daily and Total Signatures by Date

Popularity

This petition has 3,218 signatures in total, with signatories from 604 constituencies. That makes it the 4,303rd most popular petition of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 95% (average) and a Local Issue Rating of -2% (very low).

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Notes on geography

Signatures by constituency and region don't necessarily add up to the total number of signatures. That's because the petitions system doesn't validate postcodes, and some people mistype them. And without a valid postcode, a signature cannot be allocated to any particular place.

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