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We want the Government to introduce national standards to help protect children and staff, including guidance on hydration, shade, indoor temperatures, physical activity and other appropriate measures.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":6,"created_at":"2026-06-26T10:45:44.543Z","updated_at":"2026-07-16T13:52:57.012Z","rejected_at":"2026-07-16T13:52:55.777Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-06-29T09:48:20.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"You may wish to sign the following petitions, which call for similar action:\r\n\r\nLegislate a statutory maximum temperature for classrooms and fund school cooling\r\nhttps://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/774023\r\n\r\nIntroduce a maximum safe temperature for Early Years settings\r\nhttps://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/774280"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":766866,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/766866.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Introduce mandatory nutritionist-led education within UK drama school training","background":"Require accredited UK drama schools to include nutritionist-led education and access to qualified wellbeing support, ensuring performers are trained with sustainable health practices alongside technical development.","additional_details":"Developed as part of a dissertation project, this highlights a gap in performer training. Students face high physical demands without education on nutrition or wellbeing, increasing risk of unsustainable practices. Structured support would promote long-term health and sustainability to an industry that annually contributes an estimated £10 billion to the economy.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":6,"created_at":"2026-04-09T10:19:10.537Z","updated_at":"2026-05-06T16:45:29.645Z","rejected_at":"2026-05-06T16:45:29.650Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-04-09T12:38:40.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":"We cannot accept this petition as it is not about something which the UK Government or Parliament is responsible for. 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Community SALT, OT and Physio prevent hospital admissions, support education settinga and reduce reliance on crisis services. Removing specialist clinicians will increase long-term public cost and place vulnerable children at risk. Early intervention prevents preventable harm and reduces the risk of avoidable mortality.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":7,"created_at":"2026-02-28T13:39:40.461Z","updated_at":"2026-03-27T18:40:58.769Z","rejected_at":"2026-03-27T18:40:58.772Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-02-28T17:10:30.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":{"code":"local","details":"We can’t accept petitions that call for action at a local level.\r\n\r\nYou could ask your MP to take action on your concerns about this issue, including by asking them to present a public (paper) petition about this.\r\n\r\nYou can find contact details for your local MP here: https://members.parliament.uk/FindYourMP\r\n\r\nAnd you can find out how to ask your MP to present a public (paper) petition here: https://www.parliament.uk/get-involved/sign-a-petition/paper-petitions/"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":758804,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/758804.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Incorporate self defence classes into PE lessons throughout schools","background":"Incorporate self defence classes into PE lessons for primary&secondary aged school children.","additional_details":"The world is rapidly changing. In many places, individuals, especially women & young people, are facing risks of physical harm or harassment within their communities, it is imperative that we equip our next generations with the skills necessary to navigate these dangers effectively.\r\nIncorporating self-defence classes into the Physical Education (PE) curriculum for primary & secondary school-aged children is a forward-thinking solution.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":6,"created_at":"2026-01-25T22:56:34.237Z","updated_at":"2026-02-24T14:59:06.221Z","rejected_at":"2026-02-24T14:59:04.926Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-01-25T23:10:40.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:\r\n\r\nIntroduce self-defence lessons into the PE curriculum in all secondary schools\r\nhttps://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/749166"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":750748,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/750748.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Breast Health - Lets Break the Silence and Educate - Start young in Schools","background":"To introduce the subject of breast health onto the school curriculum.  To break the barrier of \"taboo\" and educate young girls on how to check their breasts for abnormalities and to understand the reasons of the importance of a professionally well fitted bra for both everyday and sport.","additional_details":"It is important that the government supports the need to educate young girls through the curriculum at an early age with regard to their own physical development and breast health.  This would raise awareness of how to check for potential lumps or other abnormalities and understand their own breast development and the need for a professionally fitted bra. This can not only protect them from the need for cosmetic surgery later in life but can also save lives and reduce costs on the NHS.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":7,"created_at":"2025-11-14T14:47:05.820Z","updated_at":"2025-12-15T11:39:58.038Z","rejected_at":"2025-12-15T11:39:58.041Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2025-11-17T13:28:40.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":{"code":"already-happening","details":"Statutory guidance for Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education already includes curriculum content on how to recognise early signs of physical illness or unexplained changes to the body, which may include changes to the body as a result of breast cancer.\r\n\r\nYou can read more about this here:\r\nhttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education/physical-health-and-mental-wellbeing-primary-and-secondary#physical-health-and-mental-wellbeing-primary:~:text=how%20to%20recognise%20early%20signs%20of%20physical%20illness%2C%20such%20as%20weight%20loss%2C%20or%20unexplained%20changes%20to%20the%20body"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":748019,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/748019.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Protect and reform SEND and EHCP funding fairly — support real needs","background":"Protect SEND and EHCP funding for children with genuine needs. Make sure support matches each child  not just behaviour or diagnosis  and make homeschooling easier and better supported to reduce costs and improve outcomes.","additional_details":"Children with SEND need support based on real needs, not just diagnoses or behaviour. Cutting EHCPs or misusing placements harms wellbeing and learning. Children who cope academically but need help emotionally, socially, or physically should keep their placement. Making homeschooling easier and providing fair, targeted support saves money, helps families, and ensures every child can access the education they truly need","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":6,"created_at":"2025-10-23T23:11:45.992Z","updated_at":"2025-12-01T16:28:21.070Z","rejected_at":"2025-12-01T16:27:56.381Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2025-10-23T23:17:00.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":{"code":"no-action","details":"We understand that you would like to reform SEND and EHCP funding but we are not really clear on what changes you would like the Government to make. We are also unclear how you want home-schooling to be made easier. \r\n\r\nYou could start a new petition setting this out more clearly. \r\n\r\n"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":741683,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/741683.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Reduce School Days to 4 days a week.","background":"We believe that school days should be shortened from 5 to 4 school days a week, with each day having 1 extra hour. This would give children the satisfaction of a longer weekend, and also getting a sufficient amount of knowledge from school with the extra hours.","additional_details":"Each school day has 5 periods. Monday to Friday. There is a guarantee that 1 lesson will have less learning or none at all. So, if we have an extra period (period 6) at the end of each day, this can certain the fact that children will get the right amount of school work done and knowledge received, whilst also have funs lessons and Physical Education","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":6,"created_at":"2025-09-18T18:51:58.384Z","updated_at":"2025-10-03T14:09:43.609Z","rejected_at":"2025-10-03T14:09:43.612Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2025-09-18T19:00:30.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"You may wish to sign this petition, which asks for the same action: \"Reduce the school week to four days a week\" https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/727514"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":735013,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/735013.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Include the word ‘Kick’ in the Physical Education [P.E] curriculum","background":"The petition proposes that its inclusion is an essential requirement to begin the coaching of football to girls in primary school.\r\nIt is brought on behalf of Billiemonroe who is an 8 years old Club Academy player who is habitually the only female playing football amongst male, age equivalent peers.","additional_details":"Women’s football, at Club level, nationally & internationally continues to grow exponentially-the pinnacle being their defence of the Euros 22 title this year; breaking the attendance record for a women’s Final to become the first national team, of the Men’s & Women’s game, to win overseas. However, the opportunity for girls to play football at school continues to be stagnant.  A shift in government policy is needed to change the perception & culture of the next generation’s female players.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":7,"created_at":"2025-07-28T07:09:50.885Z","updated_at":"2025-08-12T11:49:25.939Z","rejected_at":"2025-08-12T11:48:33.614Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2025-07-28T19:39:30.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":{"code":"no-action","details":"If you would like to change the curriculum to make football mandatory for girls and boys, you could start a new petition about that.\r\n\r\n"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":734097,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/734097.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Save Bradford Lister Building! A Landmark of Educational and Industrial Heritage","background":"We call upon Bradford Council and all relevant authorities to halt any proposed demolition of the historic Lister Building, and to instead recognise, preserve, and revitalise it as a living testament to Bradford’s pioneering role in textile education, innovation, and civic architecture.","additional_details":"To lose the Lister Building is not only to erase a physical structure—it is to sever Bradford’s connection to one of its most profound achievements: the creation of a public educational infrastructure that empowered generations of students in science, art, and industry. Its date stone, its Bradford coat of arms, and its original, now-disused front entrance are reminders of an era when civic pride and public investment in knowledge were bound together.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":15,"created_at":"2025-07-22T07:24:29.628Z","updated_at":"2025-08-04T09:59:42.581Z","rejected_at":"2025-08-04T09:59:41.313Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2025-07-22T12:17:30.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":{"code":"local","details":"We can’t accept petitions that request action at a local level. \r\n\r\nYou could ask your MP to take action on your concerns about this issue, including by asking them to present a public (paper) petition about this. \r\n\r\nYou can find contact details for your local MP here: https://members.parliament.uk/FindYourMP \r\n\r\nAnd you can find out how to ask your MP to present a public (paper) petition here: https://www.parliament.uk/get-involved/sign-a-petition/paper-petitions/ "},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":731091,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/731091.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Include play in the statutory national curriculum framework","background":"We want the government to recognise play and playful pedagogy in the statutory national curriculum for primary education. \r\nA reform of accountability measures to enable schools to embed play-based learning, support child development, well-being and skills essential for today’s society.","additional_details":"Play supports mental health, executive functioning, SEND needs, physical health, creativity, and learning. (See “Everything to Play For” Report)\r\nSchools are currently under pressure to prioritise data over child development and childhood is being forgotten.\r\nEmbedding play helps address current crises, gives all children a joyful, meaningful education they deserve, alongside allowing the development of skills which are needed for the future (OECD and WEF).","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":11,"created_at":"2025-06-21T08:42:42.283Z","updated_at":"2025-07-16T10:37:14.073Z","rejected_at":"2025-07-16T10:37:01.342Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2025-06-22T05:24:10.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action:\r\n\r\nMake Play and Continuous Provision statutory in England's Key Stage 1 Curriculum \r\nhttps://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/729440"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":727279,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/727279.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Reform GCSEs to Protect Student Mental Health","background":"The current GCSE system places immense pressure on students, leading to severe mental and physical health issues. The government must reform the exams to prioritize student well-being and create a healthier, more supportive approach to education.","additional_details":"GCSEs are placing an immense strain on young people across the UK. The intense pressure to perform is causing rising levels of anxiety, depression, and even physical illness among students. I urge the Government to reform the current system to prioritise student health and well-being. No child should have to sacrifice their mental or physical health for academic achievement. It’s time for a system that supports, not harms, the next generation","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":6,"created_at":"2025-05-11T19:08:44.510Z","updated_at":"2025-06-13T13:39:25.690Z","rejected_at":"2025-06-13T13:39:16.255Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2025-05-11T19:16:10.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/726644"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}},{"type":"petition","id":722367,"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/722367.json"},"attributes":{"action":"Reform The Law: Protect Children’s Right to Toilet Access in Schools","background":"We want the government to amend current policies that restrict children’s access to toilets in schools. The law should guarantee children’s right to use the toilet whenever needed, aligning school policies with children’s health and dignity, and ensuring clear guidance for schools.","additional_details":"The current system creates physical and emotional harm by denying children access to toilets when needed. This can lead to health problems like UTIs, dehydration, and anxiety. It undermines children's dignity and interrupts their ability to learn. By aligning policies with human rights standards, the government can protect children's wellbeing, ensuring their right to education is not hindered by basic needs. Every child deserves the right to access toilets at school, without fear of embarrassment or restriction.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":21,"created_at":"2025-03-16T09:21:59.045Z","updated_at":"2025-04-09T13:51:01.129Z","rejected_at":"2025-04-09T13:50:54.140Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2025-03-16T09:42:00.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/703387"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}]}