Petition · past parliament
Makaton to be part of the curriculum for children to learn from 5 upwards.
Rejected
17 signatures
What the petition asks
Makaton is used in preschools across the UK to help children who find it hard to communicate get what they need to say across to the teaching assistants. It should be mandatory for school age children to learn makaton to help children with complex needs find it easy to communicate with them.
Children with complex needs going into mainstream school may only be able to communicate what they're thinking and feeling with makaton although them being at the right age for they're learning pathway. For example some children who have tracheostomies find it hard to learn to communicate through talking so learn to communicate with makaton and these children normally are able to attend a mainstream school as their learning is of the same capacity as a child without a tracheostomy.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 18 Mar 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 27 Mar 2017 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
17
Status
Rejected
Rejected
27 Mar 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.