Submitted by Jake Day on Thursday 27th November 2025
Published on Tuesday 24th March 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Thursday 24th September 2026
Current Signatures: 807
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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Children ~ crisis ~ Ensure ~ health crisis ~ learning ~ Mandate ~ Mandatory ~ mentalhealth ~ Physics ~ Prevent ~ Save Lives ~ school staff ~ Schools ~ Staff ~ training ~ Wellbeing ~ work
Mandate Mental Health Training for All School Staff Who Work With Children
Require all staff working with children in schools to receive mandatory training to identify children in mental health crisis through behavioural changes, not just physical signs, so early intervention supports development and wellbeing.
Children’s mental health is vital to learning and development, yet signs of crisis may often be missed because staff may focus on physical changes instead of behaviour. We urge the Government to make mental health training mandatory for all staff working with children in schools to ensure early intervention, prevent harm, and save lives.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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