Extend rights to home fee status for Children of Turkish Workers/Businesspersons
- 2,375 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 6,174 - 96 added in the past 24hrs)
We want children of Turkish workers/businesspersons to be entitled to home fee status for higher education if they arrived in the UK after 31 December 2020 due to pandemic-related delays by the Home Office, provided that the visa to enter the UK was applied for before that date.
Fund increased pay for Teaching Assistants
- 3,907 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 4,991 - 9 added in the past 24hrs)
We think the Government should fund increased pay for Teaching Assistants. People are struggling enough as it is and some Teaching Assistants need to take on a second job. We think more people need to know how low our pay is.
Require that trainee teachers are taught about preventing antisemitism
- 4,582 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 4,731 - 2 added in the past 24hrs)
There were at least 2093 antisemitic incidents from 7/10 - 13/12/23, the most ever reported to Community Security Trust across 68 days. We must introduce compulsory modules on stopping antisemitism into the teaching training syllabus by Sept 2024, to help address prejudicial attitudes in children.
Suspend the Safety Valve programme and provide funding to cover SEND deficits
- 667 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 4,000 - 447 added in the past 24hrs)
We ask that the Safety Valve programme, which gives funding to local authorities who put plans in place to reduce school deficits, be suspended. We believe it incentivises cutting support for vulnerable children, and we want funding to cover local authority deficits to be provided without condition.
Fund music at state schools to the amount spent by private schools
- 1,922 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 2,972 - 9 added in the past 24hrs)
We believe that the enrichment an experience of music-making offers is disproportionately valuable in terms of stimulating the imagination and creativity of students in other areas. Studies have found that schools with good quality music often have higher academic outcomes in other fields.
Create an independent body to develop education, health and care (EHC) plans
- 2,723 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 2,731 - 2 added in the past 24hrs)
We want responsibility for assessing children and developing education, health and care (EHC) plans to be removed from local authorities, and given to an independent body staffed by specialists.
Prohibit promotion of homosexuality/gender incongruence in schools & councils
- 1,832 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 1,844 - 4 added in the past 24hrs)
The Government should introduce laws to prohibit the promotion of homosexuality and gender incongruence in schools and councils. There are concerns amongst some parents about the teaching of LGBT issues.
Stop classifying SEN Pupils as "Persistently Absent" for medical absences
- 770 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 1,069 - 2 added in the past 24hrs)
The Gov.uk website explains that the term Persistently Absent is used to describe Pupils who regularly "fail to turn up" and have an attendance record of less than 90%. However, this makes no consideration for Pupils with SEN who often have authorised medical absences related to their conditions.
Recognise Makaton as a language in law
- 755 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 793 - 3 added in the past 24hrs)
Makaton uses signs from BSL, which is recognised as a language in law, however, Makaton is not.
Ban all child sex offenders from entering schools, nurseries and child groups
- 551 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 773 - 5 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.