Open Petition since 9th April 2025

Retain legal right to assessment and support in education for children with SEND - 109,616 Signatures

(Estimated Final Signatures: 115,092 - 73 added in the past 24hrs)

Support in education is a vital legal right of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). We ask the government to commit to maintaining the existing law, so that vulnerable children with SEND can access education and achieve their potential.

The Government responsed to this petition on 4th June 2025 (View Full Response)
As part of our Plan for Change, we will restore families’ confidence and ensure that children with SEND will get the tailored support they need to achieve and thrive.

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Open Petition since 3rd July 2025

Make Play and Continuous Provision statutory in England's Key Stage 1 Curriculum - 11,144 Signatures

(Estimated Final Signatures: 77,022 - 10,373 added in the past 24hrs)

Revise statutory guidance for KS1 to make play based pedagogy a core part of the Key Stage One National Curriculum, extending the best practice that we see in Early Years to ensure all Key Stage One children continue to have a developmentally appropriate play based approach to their learning.

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Open Petition since 18th February 2025

Every school & college to be obliged to have an evacuation chair & training - 53,478 Signatures

(Estimated Final Signatures: 64,121 - 435 added in the past 24hrs)

I believe the government should make it a legal requirement for all schools and colleges to have evacuation chairs, and for all staff to be trained in using them.

The Government responsed to this petition on 23rd June 2025 (View Full Response)
In a school or college, where a Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan (PEEP) requires an evacuation chair, it must be provided. Staff and the person needing the chair must be trained in its use.

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Open Petition since 30th June 2025

Introduce a ‘School Allergy Safety Bill’ to Protect School Pupils with Allergies - 7,863 Signatures

(Estimated Final Signatures: 38,094 - 472 added in the past 24hrs)

Legislate to require and fund schools to hold spare adrenaline auto-injectors, provide mandatory allergy training for staff, and mandate an allergy policy in every school. We think this would help keep children with allergies safe at school and prevent avoidable deaths.

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Open Petition since 1st April 2025

Remove CWS Bill clauses and provide tangible support to home educating parents - 30,114 Signatures

(Estimated Final Signatures: 30,988 - 10 added in the past 24hrs)

We urge the Government to remove the provisions of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill on "children not in school", conduct proper independent research into the outcomes of home educated children and provide tangible support for home educating families including:

The Government responsed to this petition on 1st May 2025 (View Full Response)
We will not remove the Children Not in School measures. These are vital to help local authorities identify children not in school and more effectively address if they are in unsuitable education.

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Open Petition since 29th April 2025

Make neurodiversity training mandatory for all education staff - 20,411 Signatures

(Estimated Final Signatures: 22,604 - 19 added in the past 24hrs)

We want the government to introduce mandatory neurodiversity training for all teachers and support staff as part of core training.

The Government responsed to this petition on 4th June 2025 (View Full Response)
High quality teacher training is essential to improving outcomes for all children, especially those with special educational needs, including neurodiversity.

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Open Petition since 28th January 2025

Allow families with SEN children 10 days term-time holiday without being fined - 17,888 Signatures

(Estimated Final Signatures: 18,670 - 35 added in the past 24hrs)

We believe SEN children are already excluded from society and education. Many children with disabilities or SEN can find it hard to deal with crowds, noise and the general hustle and bustle of travelling in peak times. Yet, these families are penalised for removing children from school for holidays.

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Open Petition since 15th April 2025

Put the dangers of methanol poisoning on the school curriculum - 11,878 Signatures

(Estimated Final Signatures: 14,817 - 29 added in the past 24hrs)

Young people are dying needlessly of methanol poisoning, most recently in Laos, Turkey and Vietnam.

We think that children should be taught the dangers of consuming bootleg alcohol as part of the PSHE and/or Biology curriculum in school.

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Open Petition since 24th January 2025

Introduce a distinct attendance code for flexischooling (Code F). - 10,730 Signatures

(Estimated Final Signatures: 10,877 - 8 added in the past 24hrs)

We want the Department for Education to introduce a new attendance code for flexischooling (Code F). We want this code to act in a similar way to code B (educated off site) in that it would not negatively impact attendance data, recognising that the child is receiving a full time education.

The Government responsed to this petition on 30th June 2025 (View Full Response)
The Government has no current plans to introduce an attendance code for flexi-schooling. Attendance codes were updated in 2024 after extensive consultation and will be reviewed again in due course.

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Open Petition since 26th June 2025

Issue new guidance on teachers’ early retirement rights - 2,473 Signatures

(Estimated Final Signatures: 10,385 - 502 added in the past 24hrs)

The state pension age will change to 67 in 2028 and therefore minimum early retirement age will change to 57. Teachers with final salary pensions who started teaching before the pension changed to career average have a given early retirement age of 55 rather than this being tied to state pension age

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