Submitted by Sue Johns on Wednesday 14th January 2026
Published on Monday 23rd February 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Sunday 23rd August 2026
Current Signatures: 107
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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Basics ~ Britain ~ British ~ British politics ~ Compulsory ~ Department ~ Education ~ Electing ~ Elections ~ Ensure ~ EXIST ~ government intervention ~ Parliament ~ part ~ Personality ~ Politics ~ school curriculum ~ Secondary ~ system ~ teaching ~ The British ~ UK Parliament ~ Voters ~ Voting ~ Young people
Make British politics compulsory in the secondary school curriculum
British politics should be compulsory in secondary school to help prepare young people for the responsibility of voting in elections. The fundamentals of British politics and how to vote: we think these things which are lacking in the British education system.
We think teaching the fundamentals of British politics and how to vote are vital to producing informed voters. We would like every young person to learn, as a compulsory part of the curriculum, the basics of British politics and how to vote. These materials already exist as part of the resources from the UK parliament education department. Government intervention could ensure the consistency of experience and understanding of British politics across Britain for all future voters.
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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