Create an independent body with oversight of senior leadership in all schools
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We want a new body to monitor senior leaders in all schools and intervene in any toxic environments created by senior leaders. Allow frontline staff to approach this body directly with concerns. There should be an investigation if a certain % of staff off sick or high staff turnover.
Allow schools to teach BSL instead of a modern foreign language
- 182 Signatures
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We want the Government to change the criteria for teaching languages to allow primary schools to teach British Sign Language instead of a modern foreign language.
15 hours of free childcare as soon as child turns 2 (not wait until September)
- 161 Signatures
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Please give all parents eligible for 15 hours of free childcare the childcare hours as soon as their child turn 2 years old from April 2024, regardless of their DOB.
Abolish means testing for student maintenance loans for higher education
- 29 Signatures
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Students can apply for a full tuition fee loan for university - it is not means tested. The maintenance loan should be the same, students should be able to apply for the amount they feel they would need. Penalising children of high income parents is not fair. They are not dependents at 18.
Review statutory ratios in Early Years
- 179 Signatures
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We believe current ratios of numbers of adults to children in Early Years are not appropriate to enable practitioners to effectively support our youngest citizens, and should be reviewed. We implore the government to review ratios alongside levels of need.
Introduce a ‘Youth training scheme’ for 16/17/18 yrs who don’t choose college
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I believe there are many teens who do not want to go onto full time education and want to work. A modern YTS scheme could assist their work placements and give them the opportunity to earn and learn life skills. College and apprenticeship learning does not suit everyone.
Make school period products scheme permanent and increase products available
- 161 Signatures
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We would like to keep the funding for sanitary products so people in educational areas can use them and feel comfortable in a school/collage environment. This is in place until 2024 but we would like this to become permanent as it supports people who can't afford products.
Limit enforcement of school attendance for parents of SEN children
- 66 Signatures
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We want the Government to prevent schools from being able to take enforcement action against parents of SEN children, where they have taken their child out of school because their child's needs are not being met.
Make students at medical schools work for the NHS for at least 5 years
- 128 Signatures
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We believe the NHS desperately needs more doctors. We think too many doctors graduating from universities go overseas to earn more money, or never even work as a doctor at all.
Mandatory qualified counsellors in all secondary schools in England.
- 152 Signatures
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Each school needs full-time qualified counsellors. Taking action to tackle anxieties and mental health issues early may improve school attendance. I think the Government is too reliant on unqualified practitioners and is relying on the charitable sector to provide support in schools.