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Make British politics compulsory in the secondary school curriculum

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)

Relevant Departments

Tagged with

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

Daily and Total Signatures by Date

Popularity

This petition has 107 signatures in total, with signatories from 52 constituencies. That makes it the 956th most popular open petition, and the 21,139th most popular of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 21% (very low) and a Local Issue Rating of -29% (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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