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562 petitions, ranked by signature count · page 3 of 12.

Expand statutory SEN allowance entitlement to Teaching Assistants in SEN schools

End the mandatory meat requirement in English school meals

Require formal recording and government monitoring of assaults on teachers

Students with 90%+ attendance to be able to go on holiday during term time

Introduce a Kannada language GCSE

Require social workers to use body-worn cameras during statutory visits

Review Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill’s impact on non-school settings

Create an inclusive special envoy for home educating families

Legalise adult adoption

Fund free British Sign Language Courses for deaf people and their friends/family

Allow parents to take their children out of school for 5 school days in a year

Introduce a minimum trainee teacher wage equivalent to Teaching Assistant salary

Fund state support for young people aged 18-25 who leave the care system

Make all households with income under £200,000 eligible for free childcare

Give home fee status to students who came as dependents & with no settled status

Introduce Law as a GCSE subject

Give students the legal right to unrestricted toilet access in school

Ban suspensions of primary school aged children with additional needs

Provide funding to develop a national programme for SEN children during holiday

Require schools to ban students use of smartphones during school hours

More regulation for home-based childcare: nannies, maternity nurses & tutors

Amend Children Act 1989 to presume grandchild-grandparent contact

Require 3-month SEN school placements for all trainee teachers

Increase funding for EHCPs to help address funding gaps in schools

Fund the creation of more SEN schools

Introduce extensive teaching on deforestation to curriculum for all school ages

Fund £8,580 per home-educated child per year

Fund history teachers free/discounted entry to historical sites

Free school meals for all children

Review SWE processes & the Fitness to Practice guidance

Make Nakba education part of the national curriculum

Body cameras for all social workers to enhance accountability

Require daily sports in schools and increase school sports funding

Extra funding for SEND holiday clubs

Establish National Taskforce to Deliver Inclusive, Joined up SEND Reform

Pass a law that schools cannot prohibit the use of personal devices

Introduce Albanian GCSE and A-levels

Commercial Pilot Training to be VAT exempt and introduce new funding options

Review state education and students’ wellbeing, especially for children with SEN

Increase support for children affected from being bullied

Ban isolation in schools

Automatic Mandatory Penalties if Local Authorities miss Statutory SEND deadlines

Commission an independent inquiry into social care and social work

Include the Lord's Prayer in the national curriculum

Require CCTV cameras in all SEN schools and settings such as transport

Remove transgender content from RHSE curriculum

Fund teacher training for mental health first aid and suicide prevention

Give children 5 school days of "bookable" leave per academic year

Update school uniform guidance to prioritise comfort for students in England

Write off all plan 1 Student Loans after 25 years