Closed petition Set minimum number of citizenship lesson hours, increase resources & training

We think the government should strengthen Citizenship education in secondary schools including a mandatory minimum number of teaching hours, alongside increased resources and teacher training, to give students the best chance to leave school politically informed and confident to vote.

More details

With plans to lower the voting age to 16, we believe effective political education is more urgent than ever. Research shows that knowledge increases participation but only 1 in 3 students recall learning about politics at school in the last year. Additionally, we think that as children’s risk of exposure to extremist and harmful content online increases, schools should provide regular, safe opportunities to discuss and debate political parties, ideologies, and current affairs in the classroom.

This petition is closed All petitions run for 6 months

112 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 112 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Show on a map the geographical breakdown of signatures by constituency

10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 7 February 2026
Get petition data (json format)

About petition data

The data shows the number of people who have signed the petition by country as well as in the constituency of each Member of Parliament. This data is available for all petitions on the site. It is not a list of people who have signed the petition. The only name that is shared on the site is that of the petition creator.