Require social workers to wear body cameras when meeting families
- 81 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 790 - 14 added in the past 24hrs)
We want the Government to mandate the use of body cameras for social workers during meetings with families, to help protect all individuals involved, and promote trust and integrity within the profession.
Ban all child sex offenders from entering schools, nurseries and child groups
- 552 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 671 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
We want the Government to make it illegal for anyone who has been convicted of a child sexual offence to enter a school, nursery or child group.
Increase protections for SEN children and young adults
- 633 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 641 - 2 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
- 607 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 612 - 1 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
- 536 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 580 - 2 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.
Abolish means testing for student maintenance loans for higher education
- 21 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 557 - None added in the past 24hrs)
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.
Ensure we have a Youth Parliament
- 87 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 515 - 5 added in the past 24hrs)
With the insolvency of the British Youth Council, young people are losing the Youth Parliament.
Ensure GCSE students have equation sheets for maths and science exams
- 471 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 488 - 1 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
- 346 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 441 - 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.
Ensure GCSE students have support materials for maths and science exams in 2025
- 308 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 342 - 1 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.