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Mandatory Psychological Assessments for Childcare Staff to help protect children

Submitted by Teodora-Ana Iancu on Thursday 4th December 2025

Published on Friday 16th January 2026

Current status: Open

Open until: Thursday 16th July 2026

Current Signatures: 22
(count is updated approximately hourly)

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childcare ~ Children ~ Concern ~ concerns ~ Create ~ Education ~ Mandatory ~ Nationwide ~ Reviewed ~ risk ~ Safeguarding ~ Staff ~ system

Petition Action

Mandatory Psychological Assessments for Childcare Staff to help protect children

Petition Details

We call on the UK Government to require annual private psychological assessments for all childcare and education staff, and introduce an early risk-identification support system, to better protect children and strengthen safeguarding nationwide.

Additional Information

Introduce mandatory annual private psychological or psychiatric assessments for all childcare and education staff. Create a national early risk-identification and support system to detect emerging concerns. Review and strengthen all safeguarding procedures to better protect children across the UK.


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