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.
Introduce a statutory ban on mobile phones in secondary school lessons
Opened on Monday 30th March 2026
64 signatures so far
Require schools to maintain separate toilets for girls and boys
Open from Tuesday 20th October 2020 to Tuesday 20th April 2021
64 signatures
Lower the apprenticeship age to 14
Open from Monday 28th April 2025 to Tuesday 28th October 2025
63 signatures
Add Politics & Economics lessons to the secondary school curriculum
Opened on Tuesday 17th March 2026
63 signatures so far
Introduce children's rights into the primary and secondary curriculum
Opened on Wednesday 14th January 2026
62 signatures so far
Provide more integrated healthcare and education to protect children
Open from Wednesday 1st December 2021 to Wednesday 1st June 2022
61 signatures
Make Critical Thinking and Logical Reasoning compulsory education in KS3 or KS4
Open from Wednesday 15th September 2021 to Tuesday 15th March 2022
60 signatures
Introduce a two-week timetabling system for all pupils in Year 10 and above
Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
60 signatures
Teach Clare’s Law in school for young females & males
Open from Friday 21st March 2025 to Sunday 21st September 2025
60 signatures
Require every secondary school to have access to a counsellor
Opened on Wednesday 21st January 2026
56 signatures so far
Remove parents’ right to withdraw secondary school students from sex education
Open from Monday 7th April 2025 to Tuesday 7th October 2025
56 signatures
Introduce self-defence lessons into the PE curriculum in all secondary schools
Opened on Monday 8th December 2025
55 signatures so far
Limit secondary schools days to 5.5 hours
Open from Friday 8th April 2022 to Saturday 22nd October 2022
55 signatures
Mandate all schools to provide at least two PE lessons per week
Opened on Tuesday 2nd December 2025
52 signatures so far
Include more financial education in secondary school curriculum
Opened on Tuesday 10th March 2026
50 signatures so far
Make sign language a compulsory subject in secondary schools across England
Opened on Wednesday 10th December 2025
50 signatures so far
Add mental health training to teaching courses
Open from Monday 27th September 2021 to Sunday 27th March 2022
49 signatures
Require local authorities provide free recycling services for schools
Open from Wednesday 30th November 2022 to Tuesday 30th May 2023
47 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
Introduce the history of trains and railways to the National Curriculum
Open from Wednesday 30th April 2025 to Thursday 30th October 2025
46 signatures
Increase the bursaries for teachers in all core STEM subjects to over £20,000
Opened on Monday 17th November 2025
46 signatures so far
Implement Basic Life Support (BLS) as part of Secondary National Curriculum
Open from Thursday 22nd October 2020 to Thursday 22nd April 2021
43 signatures
Make Comprehensive Gynaecology Education Mandatory in Secondary Schools
Opened on Wednesday 8th April 2026
43 signatures so far
Require teachers to follow the school uniform standards as pupils
Opened on Monday 23rd February 2026
42 signatures so far
Provide funding for one-to-one PSHE mentorship in secondary schools
Open from Wednesday 25th August 2021 to Friday 25th February 2022
42 signatures
Review the Mathematics Secondary School Curriculum
Open from Wednesday 8th October 2025 to Wednesday 8th April 2026
42 signatures
Teach two languages to every child as part of the National Curriculum
Open from Thursday 18th February 2021 to Wednesday 18th August 2021
41 signatures
Ban secondary schools from starting teaching before 9am
Open from Monday 30th November 2020 to Sunday 30th May 2021
41 signatures
Fund primary pupil assessments for ADHD before secondary school
Opened on Friday 14th November 2025
40 signatures so far
Fund information campaign for secondary school teachers about generative AI
Opened on Friday 20th February 2026
40 signatures so far
Make learning about child abuse part of the national curriculum
Open from Tuesday 1st March 2022 to Thursday 1st September 2022
39 signatures
Weekly tests of COVID-19 for Secondary pupils and school staff
Set a price cap on food in school canteens
Open from Friday 7th March 2025 to Sunday 7th September 2025
39 signatures
Create a single national opt-out from secondary use of personal data
Opened on Monday 16th March 2026
38 signatures so far
Government to introduce structured, supervised vocational work in year 9-11
Opened on Wednesday 6th May 2026
37 signatures so far
Allow Skilled Worker visa holders to take unrestricted secondary work
Open from Wednesday 24th September 2025 to Tuesday 24th March 2026
37 signatures
Give all primary and secondary school children free travel to & from school
Open from Wednesday 17th February 2021 to Tuesday 17th August 2021
36 signatures
Review extra time practices in secondary schools for GCSE and A levels
Open from Thursday 12th June 2025 to Friday 12th December 2025
36 signatures
Introduce Covid-19 testing in primary schools in England for all staff & pupils.
Open from Friday 12th March 2021 to Sunday 12th September 2021
34 signatures
Give secondary school students a right to take a day off school a month
Open from Monday 21st November 2022 to Sunday 21st May 2023
33 signatures
Remove recommendation that face coverings be used in classrooms
Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
33 signatures
One-off payment for those leaving secondary education or college
Open from Friday 8th August 2025 to Sunday 8th February 2026
32 signatures
Make politics a compulsory subject from years 7 - 9
Open from Monday 15th November 2021 to Sunday 15th May 2022
32 signatures
Add human trafficking to the secondary school curriculum to spread awareness.
Open from Tuesday 8th February 2022 to Monday 8th August 2022
31 signatures
Make Monday a half day for all secondary schools
Opened on Friday 13th February 2026
31 signatures so far
Change the law on minimum age for ear piercing to a minimum age of 12 years old
Opened on Wednesday 29th April 2026
30 signatures so far
Make the national curriculum more inclusive of LGBTQIA+ topics
Open from Monday 23rd May 2022 to Wednesday 7th December 2022
29 signatures
Reverse the vaccine program, start vaccinate secondary school children up to OAP
Open from Tuesday 16th February 2021 to Monday 16th August 2021
29 signatures
Replace the RSHE curriculum with life skills
Opened on Thursday 18th December 2025
29 signatures so far
Review civic education in secondary schools.
Open from Wednesday 19th February 2025 to Tuesday 19th August 2025
28 signatures
Review school start times in line with the needs of adolescents
Open from Wednesday 6th April 2022 to Thursday 20th October 2022
27 signatures
Require schools to allow students to wear their own clothes at least once a week
Open from Monday 6th January 2025 to Sunday 6th July 2025
27 signatures
Include sexual assault mitigation in the curriculum, save women from violence
Open from Wednesday 21st April 2021 to Thursday 21st October 2021
27 signatures
Review the primary school curriculum to prepare children for secondary school
Open from Thursday 15th May 2025 to Saturday 15th November 2025
26 signatures
Revise the SEND Reforms to retain EHCP beyond Primary>Secondary transition
Opened on Monday 20th April 2026
26 signatures so far
Add Economics & Business to national curriculum (for entrepreneurial skills)
Open from Thursday 28th August 2025 to Saturday 28th February 2026
25 signatures
Require local authorities provide interim accommodation to all homeless people
Keep providing free LFTs to school aged children
Open from Tuesday 1st March 2022 to Thursday 1st September 2022
24 signatures
Make Accents a Protected Characteristic under the Equality Act 2010
Open from Thursday 13th March 2025 to Saturday 13th September 2025
24 signatures
Include AI in school IT curriculum
Open from Thursday 31st July 2025 to Saturday 31st January 2026
23 signatures
Require schools to obtain special dispensation from Government to teach Latin
Opened on Monday 8th December 2025
23 signatures so far
Require secondary schools to start teaching at 10am and end it at 2pm
Open from Wednesday 28th October 2020 to Wednesday 28th April 2021
22 signatures
Give the UK Supreme Court the power to judicially review primary legislation.
Open from Tuesday 14th September 2021 to Monday 14th March 2022
19 signatures
Create a mandatory Financial Education subject at secondary
Open from Monday 29th March 2021 to Wednesday 29th September 2021
19 signatures
Make it compulsory that Secondary schools do a minimum of 2 hours PE a week
Open from Wednesday 30th November 2022 to Tuesday 30th May 2023
19 signatures
Ban schools from setting compulsory homework until sixth form
Open from Friday 12th February 2021 to Thursday 12th August 2021
18 signatures
Increase funding for volleyball facilities and training
Open from Monday 7th April 2025 to Tuesday 7th October 2025
18 signatures
Make GCSE Citizenship mandatory in Secondary Schools
Open from Tuesday 24th November 2020 to Monday 24th May 2021
18 signatures
Make the Cambodian genocide required teaching in the secondary curriculum
Open from Monday 26th April 2021 to Tuesday 26th October 2021
16 signatures
Mandate yearly exams in secondary school
Opened on Monday 16th February 2026
16 signatures so far
Add the 9/11 attacks to the national curriculum
Open from Wednesday 6th April 2022 to Thursday 20th October 2022
15 signatures
Fund the provision of more ergonomic furniture in schools
Open from Wednesday 2nd February 2022 to Tuesday 2nd August 2022
14 signatures
Make it compulsory to teach about Female Genital Mutilation in primary schools
Open from Wednesday 12th May 2021 to Friday 12th November 2021
13 signatures
Lateral Flow Test (LFT) made compulsory in Secondary Schools for all.
Open from Monday 29th March 2021 to Wednesday 29th September 2021
13 signatures
GCSE Science should be optional, not compulsory.
Open from Monday 23rd November 2020 to Sunday 23rd May 2021
13 signatures
Make continued education/apprenticeships optional for 16 year olds
Open from Thursday 22nd September 2022 to Wednesday 22nd March 2023
12 signatures
Require all secondary teachers to pass the same exams their students sit
Opened on
11 signatures so far
Encourage all secondary schools to adopt timetabled, live-streamed lessons.
Open from Wednesday 20th January 2021 to Tuesday 20th July 2021
11 signatures
Require schools to follow a 5 on, 1 off, 5 on, 2 off weekly schedule
Open from Tuesday 6th September 2022 to Monday 20th March 2023
9 signatures
Offer weekly Covid-19 testing to all school staff
Open from Monday 25th January 2021 to Sunday 25th July 2021
9 signatures
Move deadline of secondary school application to end of November.
Open from Wednesday 4th November 2020 to Tuesday 4th May 2021
9 signatures
Mandate a stand-alone VAWG policy in all secondary schools & colleges in England
Opened on
6 signatures so far
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