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562 petitions, ranked by signature count · page 2 of 12.

Stop medical appointments counting against school attendance

Add veterinary medicine to second-degree tuition loan exemptions

Ban egg hatching programs in schools and nurseries

Adapt EYFS and KS1 Literacy Curriculums to be inclusive for Non-Verbal children

Introduce a Minister of Mental Wellbeing for Young Adults

Require schools to include both skirts and trousers in female uniform policy

Fair funding for Early Years Care: To allow quality, training, and transparency

Pause & review the Children’s Wellbeing & Schools Bill regarding home education

Negotiate a youth mobility scheme with the EU

Mandate that schools use trans students' chosen names and pronouns.

Make school libraries statutory in all secondary schools

Review the EHCP process. Timescales are not being met which is distressing.

Make secondary schools teach about endometriosis, vaginismus & hormonal cycle

Review of Gender Identity and LGBT Education in Schools

Increase the £100k childcare income cap in line with inflation

End the Safety Valve programme and provide funding to cover SEND deficits

Reinstate study visas for Sudanese students and fully protect their education

Make one-to-one mentoring a statutory right for children in care & care leavers

Mandate CCTV in any educational setting that cares for children with SEND

Allow up to 10 days authorised school leave per year without fines

Include more sports options for GCSE PE

Continue funding Level 7 NHS Apprenticeships -Clinical Associate Psychologists

Fund free access for all home educated children to GCSE examinations

Add more female scientists to the National Curriculum

Explicitly exclude sex offenders from accessing children’s data under CWS Bill

Fund high-quality, non-partisan political and citizenship teaching resources

Require CCTV in all nursery & child-minding settings

Make the teaching of criminal offences & their consequences compulsory in school

Expand free school meals provision to cover all school children

Introduce specific safeguarding regulation for extracurricular activities

Fund Level 7 Apprenticeships for over 21s if a MSc Is Essential for Career Entry

Match the funding rate of childminders of 2-4 yr olds with current under 2s rate

Make a statutory requirement for schools to have a bereavement policy for pupils

Ban homework in all schools

Introduce Romanian into the GCSE Curriculum

Give students a legal right to access school toilets when they have their period

Fund free music tuition for all secondary school children aged 11-16 in England

Require CCTV in all early years settings

Get rid of the reception baseline assessment

Provide urgent ring-fenced funding for counsellors in every school in England

Justice for ESN Survivors: apologise and fund financial compensation

Mandate Mental Health Training for All School Staff Who Work With Children

Bring the teaching of Key Word Signing in to all nurseries and schools

Raise the age of compulsory education in England to Six & reform Early Education

Stop fines for taking children out of school on holiday

Introduce mandatory business and entrepreneurship in secondary curriculum

Stop changes to the large programme uplift funding to protect our education

Create a national SEN Qualifications Regulator & SEN Qualifications Framework

Ban isolation rooms/booths in schools

Review levels of pay for Teachers' Maternity Leave