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.
Close schools and colleges in areas under tier 4
Open from Monday 21st December 2020 to Monday 21st June 2021
90 signatures
Increase PGCE bursary amounts for the academic year 2022/23
Open from Thursday 20th October 2022 to Thursday 20th April 2023
89 signatures
Exempt private schools from VAT if they meet certain charitable criteria
Opened on Wednesday 12th November 2025
89 signatures so far
Introduce national service for all young people
Open from Wednesday 9th July 2025 to Friday 9th January 2026
88 signatures
Make psychology a mandatory subject in the secondary school curriculum
Open from Wednesday 10th March 2021 to Friday 10th September 2021
84 signatures
Make the teaching of neurodiversity mandatory in schools
Open from Monday 8th August 2022 to Wednesday 22nd February 2023
82 signatures
Reform GCSE Mathematics to have 'core' and 'advanced' options
Open from Friday 4th March 2022 to Sunday 4th September 2022
82 signatures
Regulate international educational partnerships to prevent foreign influence
Open from Thursday 20th August 2020 to Saturday 20th February 2021
81 signatures
Stop plans to freeze Teachers, Teaching Assistants and School Admin Staff wages.
Open from Wednesday 2nd December 2020 to Wednesday 2nd June 2021
80 signatures
Seek to join the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
Open from Tuesday 23rd March 2021 to Thursday 23rd September 2021
77 signatures
Change the two year NQT induction period back to one year.
Open from Monday 1st February 2021 to Sunday 1st August 2021
76 signatures
Introduce lessons on neurodivergence to the curriculum for all children
Opened on Monday 23rd February 2026
76 signatures so far
Provide schools with money to fund teaching assistants in every class.
Open from Wednesday 27th November 2024 to Tuesday 27th May 2025
74 signatures
Make the teaching of Black history compulsory in primary and secondary schools.
Open from Wednesday 28th April 2021 to Thursday 28th October 2021
73 signatures
Fund increased wage for Teaching Assistants
Open from Monday 28th July 2025 to Wednesday 28th January 2026
70 signatures
Support Men’s Mental Health: End the Stigma, Expand Support, and Save Lives
Open from Friday 21st March 2025 to Sunday 21st September 2025
69 signatures
Prioritise university workers for COVID 19 vaccine
Open from Monday 30th November 2020 to Sunday 30th May 2021
69 signatures
Make Mental Health and Well-being a mandatory subject for GCSE students
Open from Friday 28th January 2022 to Thursday 28th July 2022
64 signatures
Launch a review into increasing the teaching of LGBTQ education in schools
Opened on Thursday 19th February 2026
62 signatures so far
Make road safety lessons a mandatory part of the curriculum
Opened on Monday 23rd February 2026
62 signatures so far
Add mindfulness, meditation, morality and ethics to the national curriculum
Open from Wednesday 28th October 2020 to Wednesday 28th April 2021
60 signatures
Make teaching the dangers of the oversexualisation of women compulsory for KS4/5
Opened on Tuesday 17th March 2026
56 signatures so far
Introduce self-defence lessons into the PE curriculum in all secondary schools
Opened on Monday 8th December 2025
55 signatures so far
Fund self-defence for students and women, and legalise licensed defence tools
Opened on Friday 9th January 2026
53 signatures so far
Provide funding to ITT providers to give trainee teachers a salary.
Open from Monday 22nd November 2021 to Sunday 22nd May 2022
53 signatures
Add mental health training to teaching courses
Open from Monday 27th September 2021 to Sunday 27th March 2022
49 signatures
Rename Teaching Assistants to Assistant Teachers to fully reflect their roles
Opened on Friday 24th April 2026
49 signatures so far
Make politics lessons mandatory in schools
Open from Tuesday 1st September 2020 to Monday 1st March 2021
49 signatures
Review safeguarding of disabled children in schools and accessibility
Open from Thursday 3rd April 2025 to Friday 3rd October 2025
48 signatures
Reinstate ITT bursaries for all subjects
Open from Thursday 14th October 2021 to Thursday 14th April 2022
46 signatures
Require universities to reimburse students 1/3 of their tuition fees
Open from Tuesday 9th February 2021 to Monday 9th August 2021
46 signatures
Fund an additional year of study for university students
Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
44 signatures
Mandate teaching the Irish troubles in the English curriculum
Open from Monday 13th October 2025 to Monday 13th April 2026
44 signatures
Amend the Government’s statutory school guidance to tackle misandry
Opened on Thursday 5th February 2026
43 signatures so far
Require teaching about hidden disabilities and acceptance for kids in schools
Opened on Wednesday 25th March 2026
42 signatures so far
Refund University tuition fees for 20/21 due to Covid-19
Open from Thursday 2nd September 2021 to Wednesday 2nd March 2022
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
Make it mandatory for all teaching staff to be first aid trained.
Open from Wednesday 18th August 2021 to Friday 18th February 2022
40 signatures
Provide funding to improve the quality of teaching in schools of sexual violence
Open from Tuesday 23rd March 2021 to Thursday 23rd September 2021
38 signatures
Cancel all GCSE, AS and A level exams until 2024.
Open from Monday 8th March 2021 to Wednesday 8th September 2021
38 signatures
Introduce age restrictions for the sale of barbecues and matches
Open from Monday 27th July 2020 to Wednesday 27th January 2021
37 signatures
Require social media sites to remove content showing physically harmful activity
Open from Tuesday 28th September 2021 to Monday 28th March 2022
36 signatures
Do not impose new taxes on sugar and salt in food
Open from Thursday 29th July 2021 to Saturday 29th January 2022
35 signatures
Extend legal regulation of the teaching profession to teaching assistants
Opened on
35 signatures so far
Mandate teaching about discrimination of women in Afghanistan in curriculum
Opened on Friday 20th March 2026
33 signatures so far
Equal Representation of Cultural & National Celebrations in the Curriculum
Opened on Thursday 16th April 2026
31 signatures so far
Increase student maintenance loans in line with RPI inflation year-on-year
Open from Friday 15th October 2021 to Friday 15th April 2022
30 signatures
Require all teachers and TAs to have basic mental health training
Open from Tuesday 9th March 2021 to Thursday 9th September 2021
30 signatures
Make the national curriculum more inclusive of LGBTQIA+ topics
Open from Monday 23rd May 2022 to Wednesday 7th December 2022
29 signatures
Fund data for students during Covid-19
Open from Thursday 17th December 2020 to Thursday 17th June 2021
28 signatures
Make Psychology/Wellbeing classes a part of the national curriculum for all ages
Open from Thursday 3rd June 2021 to Friday 3rd December 2021
27 signatures
Make neurodiversity education a mandatory part of the national curriculum
Opened on Friday 24th April 2026
27 signatures so far
Stop the funding cut for salaried route into primary teaching
Open from Tuesday 29th December 2020 to Tuesday 29th June 2021
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
Give students the choice to either learn from home or have face-to-face teaching
Open from Tuesday 4th January 2022 to Monday 4th July 2022
27 signatures
Create an alternative education provision for neuro-diverse children and teens
Open from Wednesday 23rd June 2021 to Thursday 23rd December 2021
25 signatures
Review the standardisation of grades so state school pupils aren't disadvantaged
Open from Friday 14th August 2020 to Sunday 14th February 2021
24 signatures
Make student finance available for all second degrees
Open from Monday 25th July 2022 to Wednesday 8th February 2023
24 signatures
Require schools to obtain special dispensation from Government to teach Latin
Opened on Monday 8th December 2025
23 signatures so far
Offer GCSE and A level students the option to sit their exams at a later date
Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
23 signatures
Give all 2021 A-level students grades based on their GCSE results
Open from Monday 18th January 2021 to Sunday 18th July 2021
22 signatures
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
Create and fund opportunities for ages 13+ to work on heritage rail preservation
Opened on Thursday 7th May 2026
22 signatures so far
Prohibit schools from breeding or hatching animals
Open from Monday 24th May 2021 to Wednesday 24th November 2021
21 signatures
Give parents the right to withdraw their child from relationship study lessons.
Open from Thursday 17th September 2020 to Wednesday 17th March 2021
21 signatures
Tell students in advance topics on proposed teacher marked tests.
Open from Wednesday 17th February 2021 to Tuesday 17th August 2021
20 signatures
Require schools teach about 'stigmatization' in primary school
Open from Monday 4th July 2022 to Wednesday 18th January 2023
19 signatures
Fund free CPR lessons for everyone
Open from Friday 18th June 2021 to Saturday 18th December 2021
17 signatures
Fund a one-off payment of £1,000 to all teachers
Open from Tuesday 9th February 2021 to Monday 9th August 2021
16 signatures
Make the Cambodian genocide required teaching in the secondary curriculum
Open from Monday 26th April 2021 to Tuesday 26th October 2021
16 signatures
Prevent spread of Covid in schools with planned breaks through the school term.
Open from Monday 11th January 2021 to Sunday 11th July 2021
16 signatures
Inclusion of a Mental Wellbeing & Emotional Wealth Standalone GCSE in schools
Open from Monday 5th October 2020 to Monday 5th April 2021
16 signatures
Make P.E. optional for Secondary Schools on return in September.
Open from Wednesday 30th September 2020 to Tuesday 30th March 2021
15 signatures
Wipe all student loans for teachers and NHS staff
Open from Tuesday 12th January 2021 to Monday 12th July 2021
15 signatures
Allow the general public to access the QTS register for teachers in England
Open from Friday 17th September 2021 to Thursday 17th March 2022
14 signatures
Make fast food outlets ineligible for Eat Out To Help Out scheme
Open from Monday 17th August 2020 to Wednesday 17th February 2021
13 signatures
Increase tax threshold for NHS/care/teachers & home schooling self-employed
Open from Wednesday 31st March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
12 signatures
Make the DSL role in schools a stand-alone role with no other responsibility
Open from Monday 4th July 2022 to Wednesday 18th January 2023
12 signatures
Introduce education about the pay gap in the National Curriculum
Open from Thursday 11th February 2021 to Wednesday 11th August 2021
12 signatures
Encourage all secondary schools to adopt timetabled, live-streamed lessons.
Open from Wednesday 20th January 2021 to Tuesday 20th July 2021
11 signatures
Teach Health and Social Care as a compulsory KS3 subject
Open from Friday 18th December 2020 to Friday 18th June 2021
9 signatures
Require schools to send hard copies of teaching material during closures
Open from Wednesday 20th January 2021 to Tuesday 20th July 2021
8 signatures
Fund £20,000 a year (term time) wage for Teaching Assistants
Opened on
8 signatures so far
Review the RE curriculum to ensure equal depth in teaching all major religions
Opened on
6 signatures so far
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