Petition Remove Cursive Writing from the National Curriculum

Schools now recommend teaching children as young as reception children to write using cursive writing!

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My child does it and I cannot read her writing. Let's stop cursive writing.

This petition closed early because of a General Election Find out more on the Petitions Committee website

10 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 10 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 6 November 2019
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