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562 petitions, ranked by signature count · page 6 of 12.

Fund screening for dyslexia, Irlen Syndrome, and neurodivergence in schools

Replace RPI with CPI in the calculation of interest added to student loans

Require that schools allow uniform purchase from any supplier

Reduce Interest on Student Loans & Cap Total Debt at One Year’s Average Salary

Ban All Knives including ceremonial knives in Schools

Provide state-school level of funding to parents for private education

Ban all face coverings on school grounds for the security

Enable Ukrainian students to take their GCSEs in Ukrainian

Reverse the visa brake on student visa applications from Afghan nationals

Increase funding for schools and colleges

Require schools to allow students to use their phones at break and lunch

Replace GCSE and A-Level memory-based exams with open-book formats

Add critical thinking to the national curriculum

Review process for Foster Carers transferring between local authorities

Review hourly fee from Government to local authorities for childcare providers

Do not fine parents for children missing school for family funerals abroad

Teach diabetes prevention to secondary school children

Stop GCSE exams

Scrap RPI +3% interest on plan 2 & postgrad student loans & charge RPI only

Provide Funding for Neurodiversity Diagnostic Assessments in State Schools

Hospital Treatment should not count towards School Absence figures

Require all schools to start at 10AM

Deduct neo-natal leave from return to work date for childcare funding purposes

Add Welsh, Irish, and Scottish Gaelic languages to English national curriculum

Include Martial arts as an individual sport in the Examinable PE GCSE

Fund more support for children with SEN & allow term-time holidays

Provide maintenance loans to distance learners

Make Breathwork and Emotional Wellbeing Part of the National Curriculum

Review GCSE balance of coursework and exams

Allow mothers to stay with children in foster care when parenting isn’t the risk

Give all British Citizens Overseas Access to Home Fees at English Universities

Include more modern and diverse authors in the GCSE English curriculum

Increase maintenance loans for university students

Introduce an Education Voucher Scheme for Equity in UK Education

Increase investment in Higher Education

Require consent for child images in political or controversial articles

Add the subject of post-partum mental illness to the national curriculum

Provide schools with money to fund teaching assistants in every class.

Strengthen Safeguards related to Child Removal by Social Services

Base childcare support for working parents on household income

Fund all secondary schools to have metal detectors

Introduce lessons on neurodivergence to the curriculum for all children

Treat students without ILR as Home students after 3 years’ UK residence

Review children’s services processes for removing children from their parents

Require nurseries to allow funded childcare hours at all times & boost funding

Issue guidance so schools cannot give homework overnight

Introduce legislation to standardise toilet cubicles in educational settings

Create independent body to investigate school complaints

Add more life skills to the national curriculum for secondary education

Fund increased wage for Teaching Assistants