Increase protections for SEN children and young adults
- 644 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 662 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
We want the Government to:
- Make internal exclusion of SEN children illegal in mainstream schools
- Require local authorities to provide parents of SEN children with advice on their rights and those of their children
- Require local authorities to provide SEN support up to the age of 25
Introduce New Mandatory Food Standards for Schools
- 610 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 616 - 2 added in the past 24hrs)
We want the Government to:
1. Ban unhealthy snacks and additives in school meals.
2. Make it mandatory to disclose all ingredients in school meals.
More funding for cookery lessons in primary schools to help fight obesity
- 537 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 591 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
We want there to be more funding for primary school children to learn cooking skills. 1 in 3 leave primary school either overweight or obese. Parents are struggling with the cost of living. Many children eat highly processed foods which have been associated with negative health impacts.
Ensure GCSE students have equation sheets for maths and science exams
- 483 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 503 - 7 added in the past 24hrs)
Allow students sitting 2024 GCSE exams to have maths and science equation sheets. Due to the pandemic students lost vital school time, which has had an impact on the knowledge of many students of key information such as equations.
Require all school and college staff to attend Neurodiversity training
- 353 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 499 - 2 added in the past 24hrs)
We would like the Government to make it mandatory for all school and college staff (who work directly with, or supervise students) to attend Neurodiversity training, so they can apply these skills within the school environment.
Ban zero hour/term-time only contracts for teaching assistants
- 30 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 424 - 5 added in the past 24hrs)
I think zero hour and term-time only contracts should be prohibited for teaching assistants. Fair employment legislation is needed to protect the rights for classroom assistants across the education system. All contracts should include paid annual leave.
Create rights to authorised school absence for family events
- 191 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 420 - 2 added in the past 24hrs)
I think the Government should introduce authorised school absences for important family events for up to 10 working days a year. I think that current policy places burden on families to choose between a child's school attendance and crucial family events.
Ensure GCSE students have support materials for maths and science exams in 2025
- 333 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 386 - 12 added in the past 24hrs)
Ensure students sitting GCSEs in 2025 have support materials, in the form of formulae and revised equation sheets, in the exams for GCSE mathematics, physics and combined science. This has been provided in previous years, and is planned for 2024 GCSEs, due to the effects of the pandemic.
Make Level 2 Understanding Autism mandatory across all education and businesses
- 302 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 381 - 4 added in the past 24hrs)
Make it mandatory for all schools, higher education, businesses and public services to have at least 1 person trained in Level 2 Understanding Autism at a minimum. There needs to be someone in the building/on shift/available at all times for students, employees, employers, customers and the public.
Review the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check scoring guidance
- 150 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 323 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
We want the Government to review the scoring guidance for the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check. We think it needs to be made clearer to those administering the check what constitutes an acceptable alternative phoneme for children to use when reading pseudo words.