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562 petitions, ranked by signature count · page 11 of 12.

Exempt students from lower class backgrounds from any student debt

Create a national safeguarding regulator

End the practice of placing children for adoption in NAI cases

Implement a national education framework to help students affected by cancer

Include AI in school IT curriculum

Require schools to deliver boxing-based activities in PSE and health curriculum

Require schools to teach about organised crime & increase police funding

Create a free, government-backed retraining programme for adults

Government to cover full cost of SEND provisions to protect access

Ensure a standalone Esports qualification is integrated into V-levels

Review time limits and communication standards in school safeguarding cases

Require schools to obtain special dispensation from Government to teach Latin

Set policy that exam boards should give students notice of GCSE exam topics

Include content on tics in the curriculum and improve awareness in workplaces

Mandatory Psychological Assessments for Childcare Staff to help protect children

Fund a universal Government Grant for all PGCE trainee teachers

Shorten the school days in winter.

Fund provision of a tablet for every pupil in KS2 and above to support learning

Extra Financial Support by the Government for Students in Further Education

Amend Student Loan eligibility

Review family planning support for parents who lose custody

Free School Meal criteria to include all families receiving UC, DLC & benefits

Fund an increase in school meal sizes

Review ways for children with ECHPs to go to mainstream schools and colleges

Extend the school week by 5 hours for longer holidays

Require schools to make pupils wear PE kit in place of traditional uniform

Fund airport-style security for all schools to screen students for drugs

Permit childminders to claim funding for children who they are related to

Continue the national Free School Meals voucher scheme for school holidays

Introduce a cap on Postgraduate Educational Courses

Cap tuition fees at £9000 for all undergraduate degrees

Conduct a review into the merits of co-operative exams

Review the use of “risk of harm” decisions under the Children Act 1989

Change the school timetable on Fridays to a lesson-free, study day

Rename Teaching Assistants to Assistant Teachers to fully reflect their roles

Make reading a separate subject on the national curriculum

Fund more adult-free spaces for under 16s so they feel safe

Reinstate funding for all Level 7 solicitor apprenticeships

Require schools to accept part-time working requests for people with children

Implement the requirement for consent of both parents for child school enrolment

Freeze all student loan repayment thresholds for overseas borrowers until 2030.

Create a statutory body to oversee university academic appeals

Fund childminders to access publicly funded courses beyond level 3

Government must increase practical elements in Drama GCSE guidelines

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Rewrite the exclusion policies of what qualifies as an exclusion in UK schools

Mandate yearly exams in secondary school

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Cap student loan interest rates at a fair and affordable level

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Stop broadcasting Married At First Sight UK

Fund subsidised school uniforms

Increase university maintenance loans for families with multiple siblings