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Mandate all teachers in mainstream schools receive SEN & mental health training

Submitted by Karen Louise Burbeck on Friday 10th October 2025

Published on Wednesday 14th January 2026

Current status: Open

Open until: Tuesday 14th July 2026

Current Signatures: 169
(count is updated approximately hourly)

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Tagged with

Children ~ Concern ~ concerns ~ Courts ~ Denying ~ Effective ~ Ensure ~ Face ~ face fines ~ Failed ~ Families ~ FINES ~ fund ~ Lack ~ Mandate ~ Mandatory ~ mentalhealth ~ Schools ~ Seán ~ skills ~ Staff ~ Teachers ~ training ~ Wellbeing

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Popularity

This petition has 169 signatures in total, with signatories from 102 constituencies. That makes it the 749th most popular open petition, and the 17,384th most popular of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 26% (very low) and a Local Issue Rating of 7% (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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