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Include Martial arts as an individual sport in the Examinable PE GCSE

Submitted by Freya Heckle on Friday 3rd April 2026

Published on Friday 1st May 2026

Current status: Open

Open until: Sunday 1st November 2026

Current Signatures: 343
(count is updated approximately hourly)

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Tagged with

Arts ~ belt ~ Black ~ Discipline ~ Disciplined ~ Fields ~ FITNESS ~ GCSE ~ martial ~ Olympic ~ Option ~ Physics ~ skills ~ Sport ~ Taekwondo ~ technical ~ Traditional ~ Years

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Popularity

This petition has 343 signatures in total, with signatories from 100 constituencies. That makes it the 517th most popular open petition, and the 12,811th most popular of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 15% (very low) and a Local Issue Rating of 20% (average).

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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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