Petitions tagged with "Early Years"

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Tags are generated automatically from the petition contents, so sometimes they do end up being a bit imprecise. But manually tagging over a 100,000 petitions would be a bit of a stretch, so we'll just have to put up with the occasional dodgy tag. Sorry about that.

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• Do not reduce staff-child ratios in early years childcare
  Open from Friday 29th April 2022 to Saturday 12th November 2022
  109,488 signatures

• Make Play and Continuous Provision statutory in England's Key Stage 1 Curriculum
  Open from Thursday 3rd July 2025 to Saturday 3rd January 2026
  106,082 signatures

• Shut all nurseries and early years settings during lockdown
  Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
  103,176 signatures

• Improve funding, pay & professional recognition for the Early Years workforce
  Opened on Friday 6th March 2026
  26,346 signatures so far

• Increase funding for early years settings
  Open from Tuesday 22nd November 2022 to Monday 22nd May 2023
  15,983 signatures

• Embed food, farming, and sustainability education into the national curriculum
  Open from Friday 1st November 2024 to Thursday 1st May 2025
  14,477 signatures

• Offer 15hrs free childcare for multiples under 3 years
  Open from Wednesday 24th March 2021 to Friday 24th September 2021
  13,808 signatures

• Provide funding to local authorities to protect health visiting provision
  Open from Friday 2nd July 2021 to Sunday 2nd January 2022
  11,528 signatures

• Prioritise early years practitioners to urgently receive Covid 19 vaccine.
  Open from Friday 8th January 2021 to Thursday 8th July 2021
  7,843 signatures

• Pause and review the use of EdTech in schools and early years settings
  Opened on Thursday 20th November 2025
  6,301 signatures so far

• Create an independent early years funding review
  Open from Thursday 25th September 2025 to Wednesday 25th March 2026
  5,912 signatures

• Increase funding for Early years providers.
  Open from Friday 6th December 2024 to Friday 6th June 2025
  4,649 signatures

• Fund free meals for vulnerable children in early years settings
  Open from Thursday 17th September 2020 to Wednesday 17th March 2021
  3,673 signatures

• Stop Charging Early Years Nurseries Full Business Rates
  Opened on Wednesday 7th January 2026
  3,209 signatures so far

• Exempt ALL early years settings in England from business rates
  Open from Friday 25th November 2022 to Thursday 25th May 2023
  3,061 signatures

• Government to fund access to portage services by all Local Authorities
  Opened on Monday 12th January 2026
  2,607 signatures so far

• Ongoing 100% business rate relief for all Early Years settings in England
  Open from Monday 4th January 2021 to Sunday 4th July 2021
  2,225 signatures

• Provide Covid testing kits for private nurseries and early years settings
  Open from Friday 22nd January 2021 to Thursday 22nd July 2021
  2,205 signatures

• Adapt EYFS and KS1 Literacy Curriculums to be inclusive for Non-Verbal children
  Open from Tuesday 5th November 2024 to Monday 5th May 2025
  2,026 signatures

• Change the Early Years funding to start the month after a child turns 2 or 3
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  1,821 signatures

• Fair funding for Early Years Care: To allow quality, training, and transparency
  Open from Wednesday 7th May 2025 to Friday 7th November 2025
  1,606 signatures

• Increase Statutory Maternity Pay in line a 40 hours week on minimum wage
  Open from Monday 14th September 2020 to Sunday 14th March 2021
  1,058 signatures

• Require CCTV in all early years settings
  Opened on Tuesday 16th December 2025
  906 signatures so far

• Raise the age of compulsory education in England to Six & reform Early Education
  Open from Friday 6th June 2025 to Saturday 6th December 2025
  778 signatures

• Keep all nurseries and early years settings open during lockdown
  Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
  739 signatures

• Review need for a national standard of care for children with cerebral palsy
  Opened on Tuesday 24th February 2026
  725 signatures so far

• Abolish Business Rates for Early Years Nurseries in England
  Open from Tuesday 24th December 2024 to Tuesday 24th June 2025
  543 signatures

• Only open Early Years settings for key workers, vulnerable or SEN children
  Open from Monday 11th January 2021 to Sunday 11th July 2021
  498 signatures

• Increase funding to early years settings which support children with SEN
  Open from Thursday 28th April 2022 to Friday 11th November 2022
  465 signatures

• Extend Early Years funding to 39 weeks to allow for staff training
  Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
  446 signatures

• Reform the Childcare System
  Open from Monday 21st September 2020 to Sunday 21st March 2021
  431 signatures

• Leave Reception class in schools open during a COVID England wide lockdown
  Open from Tuesday 12th January 2021 to Monday 12th July 2021
  399 signatures

• Keep 30 hours free childcare if parents lose their job due to Covid
  Open from Tuesday 29th September 2020 to Monday 29th March 2021
  293 signatures

• Free flu vaccine for teachers, teaching assistants and early years educators
  Open from Tuesday 3rd November 2020 to Monday 3rd May 2021
  290 signatures

• Changes of inspections for Early Years including how grading is given.
  Open from Thursday 16th January 2025 to Wednesday 16th July 2025
  268 signatures

• Introduce mandatory sewing & textile lessons into the National Curriculum & EYFS
  Opened on Wednesday 24th December 2025
  246 signatures so far

• Review of support for widows and widowers with children under 18
  Opened on Tuesday 13th January 2026
  235 signatures so far

• Require preschools and schools to educate under 5s on learning difficulties
  Open from Wednesday 9th September 2020 to Tuesday 9th March 2021
  234 signatures

• Increase SEND funding for Early Years
  Open from Monday 10th March 2025 to Wednesday 10th September 2025
  225 signatures

• Provide routine Covid tests for Early Years and prioritise staff for vaccination
  Open from Tuesday 12th January 2021 to Monday 12th July 2021
  207 signatures

• Extend the Service Pupil Premium (SPP) to Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
  Open from Wednesday 6th April 2022 to Thursday 20th October 2022
  163 signatures

• Mandatory Mental Health Training for all educational and early years staff
  Open from Wednesday 20th July 2022 to Friday 3rd February 2023
  138 signatures

• Fully fund sign language lessons for parents of deaf children in early years.
  Open from Friday 28th January 2022 to Thursday 28th July 2022
  135 signatures

• Early years - support the sector, fund Covid costs and provide regular testing
  Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
  112 signatures

• Waive visa requirements for non-UK nationals having a child with a UK national
  Open from Thursday 8th September 2022 to Wednesday 22nd March 2023
  95 signatures

• Add animal welfare to the national curriculum from EYFS
  Open from Thursday 14th October 2021 to Thursday 14th April 2022
  91 signatures

• Adjust childcare ratios for 3-4 year olds from 1:13 to maximum 1:10
  Open from Friday 2nd December 2022 to Friday 2nd June 2023
  89 signatures

• Make the teaching of neurodiversity mandatory in schools
  Open from Monday 8th August 2022 to Wednesday 22nd February 2023
  82 signatures

• Ensure the Reception Baseline Assessment can be carried out screen free
  Open from Monday 21st July 2025 to Wednesday 21st January 2026
  54 signatures

• Review staff ratios for educational and early years settings based on need
  Opened on Monday 16th February 2026
  50 signatures so far

• Fund £500 bonus for Early Years Practitioners in England as key workers
  Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
  48 signatures

• Require all secondary schools to allow pupils to wear their PE kits on PE days
  Open from Friday 17th October 2025 to Friday 17th April 2026
  47 signatures

• Require private nurseries to pay sick pay for employees at full wage
  Open from Friday 1st August 2025 to Sunday 1st February 2026
  43 signatures

• 15 hour free childcare 1 to 2 year olds.
  Open from Thursday 8th October 2020 to Thursday 8th April 2021
  36 signatures

• Require nurseries and early years providers to make social media pages private
  Open from Tuesday 8th July 2025 to Thursday 8th January 2026
  36 signatures

• Increase Local Authority funding for libraries and children's centres.
  Open from Friday 4th December 2020 to Friday 4th June 2021
  32 signatures

• Increase SEN inclusion fund so SEN children can access 30 hours free childcare
  Open from Tuesday 19th January 2021 to Monday 19th July 2021
  29 signatures

• Fund childminders to access publicly funded courses beyond level 3
  Open from Monday 19th May 2025 to Wednesday 19th November 2025
  16 signatures

• Early Years Practitioners to be included in exemption list for self-isolation
  Open from Thursday 29th July 2021 to Saturday 29th January 2022
  10 signatures

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