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Require schools to teach British Sign Language from Key Stage 2 & at GCSE

Submitted by Melissa Musgrove on Friday 19th December 2025

Published on Wednesday 4th February 2026

Current status: Open

Open until: Tuesday 4th August 2026

Current Signatures: 248
(count is updated approximately hourly)

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Tagged with

2022 ~ Access ~ And Scotland ~ British ~ British Sign Language ~ Children ~ Deaf ~ England ~ Ensure ~ GCSE ~ Legally ~ level ~ National Curriculum ~ Primary ~ Primary schools ~ Promoting ~ Schools ~ Scotland ~ Seán ~ Signed ~ teaching ~ The British ~ The National ~ Wales ~ Wales and Scotland

Daily and Total Signatures by Date

Popularity

This petition has 248 signatures in total, with signatories from 143 constituencies. That makes it the 612th most popular open petition, and the 14,714th most popular of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 35% (very low) and a Local Issue Rating of -9% (very low).

Signatures by Constituency

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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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