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.
Stop child sex offenders living near schools & within victims’ communities
Opened on Tuesday 24th March 2026
523 signatures so far
War Graves and War Memorials
Open from Thursday 1st May 2014 to Monday 30th March 2015
523 signatures
Continue to fund the LGBT anti-bullying scheme in schools.
Open from Thursday 26th November 2020 to Wednesday 26th May 2021
516 signatures
Justice for children incorrectly labelled "educationally subnormal" in 1960s/70s
Open from Thursday 9th June 2022 to Friday 23rd December 2022
515 signatures
Make Government provide ringfenced funding for library services
Open from Wednesday 12th June 2019 to Wednesday 6th November 2019
515 signatures
Ban suspensions of primary school aged children with additional needs
Open from Thursday 4th September 2025 to Wednesday 4th March 2026
512 signatures
Parental rights to temporarily remove children from school to provide educational experiences
Open from Thursday 30th January 2014 to Friday 30th January 2015
510 signatures
Require schools to ban students use of smartphones during school hours
Open from Wednesday 30th April 2025 to Thursday 30th October 2025
510 signatures
Introduce animal welfare to the school curriculum
Open from Monday 10th September 2012 to Tuesday 10th September 2013
508 signatures
Remove shortage occupation codes and Teaching roles from Tier 2 Visa cap.
Open from Friday 11th May 2018 to Sunday 11th November 2018
507 signatures
Introduce a whole curriculum approach to ending sexism and misogyny in schools
Open from Wednesday 6th October 2021 to Wednesday 6th April 2022
503 signatures
Sports bras should be compulsory for PE
Open from Wednesday 19th October 2011 to Friday 19th October 2012
501 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
The DfE to produce a standardised application form for teaching jobs
Open from Thursday 13th August 2020 to Saturday 13th February 2021
495 signatures
Introduce funding to help families of home-schooled children pay for GCSE exams
Open from Monday 11th March 2019 to Wednesday 11th September 2019
494 signatures
Bullying by Adults in Schools is unacceptable and needs urgent government attention
Open from Tuesday 12th June 2012 to Wednesday 12th June 2013
494 signatures
Housing development on plot HA77 in Urpeth/Ouston
Open from Friday 11th July 2014 to Saturday 11th October 2014
492 signatures
Require 3-month SEN school placements for all trainee teachers
Open from Wednesday 29th October 2025 to Wednesday 29th April 2026
489 signatures
Criminalise Public Sexual Harassment with Fines
Open from Thursday 27th August 2020 to Saturday 27th February 2021
489 signatures
Put a drug education system in schools
Open from Monday 2nd October 2017 to Monday 2nd April 2018
487 signatures
Increase funding for EHCPs to help address funding gaps in schools
Open from Friday 16th May 2025 to Sunday 16th November 2025
487 signatures
Require schools teach about special educational needs & mental health disorders
Open from Wednesday 23rd June 2021 to Thursday 23rd December 2021
486 signatures
Fund the creation of more SEN schools
Open from Thursday 1st May 2025 to Saturday 1st November 2025
484 signatures
Accept the BSA's offer of integrating lone refugee children into private schools
Open from Friday 4th November 2016 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
484 signatures
Make British Sign Language a GCSE option in UK Secondary Schools.
Open from Wednesday 22nd August 2018 to Friday 22nd February 2019
484 signatures
Fund £8,580 per home-educated child per year
Opened on Tuesday 14th April 2026
482 signatures so far
Make the Chickenpox (varicella) vaccine part of the routine childhood vaccination schedule
Open from Monday 29th April 2013 to Monday 29th July 2013
481 signatures
Close all schools until after February half-term to stop the spread of Covid-19
Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
477 signatures
Reclose schools for students aged 13 and above
Open from Friday 11th December 2020 to Friday 11th June 2021
474 signatures
special schools/school units for high functioning autism and aspergers syndrome
Open from Wednesday 3rd October 2012 to Thursday 3rd October 2013
469 signatures
Cap number of pharmacy students due to oversupply of registered UK pharmacists
Open from Tuesday 24th November 2020 to Monday 24th May 2021
468 signatures
Require schools to increase plant-based lunch options
Open from Thursday 15th October 2020 to Thursday 15th April 2021
468 signatures
Require schools teach students about knife crime in Year 8 and 9
Open from Tuesday 24th May 2022 to Thursday 8th December 2022
465 signatures
Introduce prison cell visits for students - help reduce knife crime.
Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
462 signatures
Introduce Albanian GCSE and A-levels
Opened on Tuesday 25th November 2025
458 signatures so far
include The Baha'i Faith as part of the Religious Studies Syllabus in Schools.
Open from Friday 17th November 2017 to Thursday 17th May 2018
453 signatures
Require daily sports in schools and increase school sports funding
Open from Tuesday 25th March 2025 to Thursday 25th September 2025
453 signatures
Incorporate LGBT+ history in primary and secondary school education
Open from Wednesday 21st March 2018 to Friday 21st September 2018
452 signatures
Make it mandatory that all schools+colleges have atleast 1 full time counsellor
Open from Tuesday 9th February 2016 to Tuesday 9th August 2016
451 signatures
Introduce weekly Covid-19 testing for school staff and students in England
Open from Wednesday 9th September 2020 to Tuesday 9th March 2021
450 signatures
Establish National Taskforce to Deliver Inclusive, Joined up SEND Reform
Open from Tuesday 19th August 2025 to Thursday 19th February 2026
448 signatures
Petition for Michael Gove to spend a week working in a comprehensive secondary school
Open from Tuesday 17th April 2012 to Wednesday 17th April 2013
448 signatures
Pass a law that schools cannot prohibit the use of personal devices
Open from Thursday 21st August 2025 to Saturday 21st February 2026
447 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
Repeat the current school year from Sept 2020
Open from Monday 8th June 2020 to Tuesday 8th December 2020
442 signatures
Require schools to remove processed meats from school dinners
Open from Thursday 5th December 2024 to Thursday 5th June 2025
441 signatures
Keep The Balfour Centre in Rochester open
Open from Monday 9th January 2012 to Monday 9th April 2012
439 signatures
Stop the roll out of grammar schools and work to close down current grammars
Open from Tuesday 9th August 2016 to Thursday 9th February 2017
435 signatures
Remove fees for basic RGN nurse training and teach them in nursing schools.
Open from Thursday 22nd February 2018 to Wednesday 22nd August 2018
434 signatures
Require schools teach about Islam as part of religious education
Open from Monday 18th July 2022 to Wednesday 1st February 2023
432 signatures
UK population discussion
Open from Wednesday 10th August 2011 to Friday 10th August 2012
430 signatures
Ban petrol leaf blowers which harm human health, animals and the environment
Open from Wednesday 6th July 2022 to Friday 20th January 2023
427 signatures
Increase regulation of horse & pony non-profit/charity/rescue and riding schools
Open from Wednesday 28th September 2022 to Tuesday 28th March 2023
427 signatures
Increase support for children affected from being bullied
Open from Monday 17th February 2025 to Sunday 17th August 2025
427 signatures
Ban isolation in schools
Open from Monday 20th January 2025 to Sunday 20th July 2025
424 signatures
Ensure Knowsley students have the opportunity to take A-Levels
Open from Friday 6th May 2016 to Sunday 6th November 2016
423 signatures
Establish & Resource One National Independent Panel Inquiry into Organised Institutional Child Abuse
Open from Wednesday 25th June 2014 to Monday 30th March 2015
422 signatures
Commission an independent inquiry into social care and social work
Opened on Monday 16th February 2026
419 signatures so far
Stop ALL vaccinations in schools they should be a place of education only.
Open from Tuesday 19th October 2021 to Tuesday 19th April 2022
418 signatures
Better Education On Consent and Rape Culture in U.K High Schools
Open from Tuesday 10th June 2014 to Wednesday 10th December 2014
416 signatures
Regulation of Independent Careers Advice
Open from Tuesday 6th March 2012 to Wednesday 6th March 2013
416 signatures
Enact New UK Legislation to Ban Food Waste
Open from Friday 17th November 2017 to Thursday 17th May 2018
413 signatures
No more ofsted and introduce peer review instead
Open from Tuesday 10th October 2017 to Tuesday 10th April 2018
407 signatures
Stop the use of school uniform in all UK schools
Open from Thursday 7th January 2016 to Thursday 7th July 2016
407 signatures
Five steps to strengthen multi-agency responses to 'honour'-based violence (HBV)
Open from Monday 1st February 2016 to Monday 1st August 2016
406 signatures
Mary-Jayne's Law - New Attendance Policy in Schools for the physically impaired
Open from Tuesday 26th March 2019 to Thursday 26th September 2019
405 signatures
Give all teachers a free COVID test at the end of Autumn term
Open from Thursday 10th December 2020 to Thursday 10th June 2021
400 signatures
Increase funding for Special Education Needs schools
Open from Thursday 3rd December 2020 to Thursday 3rd June 2021
399 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
Add the British National Anthem to the National Curriculum
Open from Thursday 20th January 2022 to Wednesday 20th July 2022
398 signatures
Give teachers the choice to retire at 55 with full retirement benefits.
Open from Thursday 17th November 2016 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
396 signatures
Require non-resident parents to be informed of issues relating to their children
Open from Wednesday 19th August 2020 to Friday 19th February 2021
394 signatures
STOP ALL FOREIGN AID and redirect the money to use on the UK infrastructure
Open from Monday 12th October 2015 to Tuesday 12th April 2016
392 signatures
The reintroduction of State Grammar Schools
Open from Wednesday 10th August 2011 to Friday 10th August 2012
392 signatures
Increase awareness of the dangers of swimming in lakes and rivers
Open from Thursday 14th July 2022 to Saturday 28th January 2023
388 signatures
Stop SATS in primary schools!
Open from Thursday 25th July 2019 to Wednesday 6th November 2019
381 signatures
Require training on Autism for everyone who is in a childcare profession
Open from Tuesday 16th August 2022 to Thursday 2nd March 2023
378 signatures
Require CCTV cameras in all SEN schools and settings such as transport
Open from Tuesday 25th March 2025 to Thursday 25th September 2025
377 signatures
Union Flag on all Public buildings
Open from Tuesday 6th December 2011 to Thursday 6th December 2012
377 signatures
More real term funding for schools, based on a per pupil funding formula
Open from Tuesday 31st January 2017 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
377 signatures
Eating disorders and children
Open from Thursday 18th August 2011 to Saturday 18th August 2012
376 signatures
Increase funding for those children with SEN when school resumes
Open from Wednesday 15th July 2020 to Friday 15th January 2021
375 signatures
Require primary schools to assess all students for learning difficulties
Open from Thursday 15th October 2020 to Thursday 15th April 2021
374 signatures
Lees life after a knife
Open from Wednesday 21st May 2014 to Monday 30th March 2015
373 signatures
Do not make student loans contingent on past grades
Open from Monday 28th February 2022 to Sunday 28th August 2022
373 signatures
Set national planning rules to ban incinerators near facilities for children
Open from Friday 24th October 2025 to Friday 24th April 2026
373 signatures
Include funding for more school gardens in the 2020-21 school building programme
Open from Tuesday 11th August 2020 to Thursday 11th February 2021
373 signatures
Introduce routine scoliosis screening in primary and secondary schools
Open from Wednesday 20th October 2021 to Wednesday 20th April 2022
372 signatures
Stop immigration.
Open from Wednesday 13th March 2013 to Thursday 13th March 2014
372 signatures
Set one day a year as Forces recognition and Covenant Day.
Open from Monday 29th February 2016 to Monday 29th August 2016
372 signatures
Give children 5 school days of "bookable" leave per academic year
Opened on Wednesday 11th February 2026
370 signatures so far
Non Negotiable for BREXIT
No free movement for work, NO free NHS, No Benefits.
Open from Tuesday 12th July 2016 to Thursday 12th January 2017
369 signatures
To ensure there are road safety measures around schools in the UK
Open from Wednesday 31st August 2011 to Friday 31st August 2012
369 signatures
Lilly-May Page Trust - ECG Routine Screening Age Lowered
Open from Thursday 24th July 2014 to Friday 24th October 2014
369 signatures
Make it a legal requirement for all schools to be accessible to disabilities
Open from Wednesday 7th November 2018 to Tuesday 7th May 2019
369 signatures
To make all schools and nursery’s nut free environments
Open from Friday 17th August 2018 to Sunday 17th February 2019
365 signatures
Reverse the cuts; fully fund education and children and young peoples services.
Open from Thursday 8th August 2019 to Wednesday 6th November 2019
364 signatures
Fund a PC laptop for remote learning for every child/student
Open from Tuesday 12th January 2021 to Monday 12th July 2021
364 signatures
Add parental alienation to the curriculum with mandatory training for teachers
Open from Wednesday 10th March 2021 to Friday 10th September 2021
362 signatures
End state funding of schools with religious selection policies
Open from Monday 15th August 2011 to Wednesday 15th August 2012
361 signatures
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