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British Sign Language Should be taught in Primary and Secondary schools in UK.
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1,928 signatures
What the petition asks
Children who are deaf should have the choice of which school they want to go to, but the problem with this is integrating with other children cause BSL (British Sign Language) is not part of the National Curriculum.
Approximately 1 in every 1000 children is born with a severe or profound hearing loss. 90% of all deaf children are born to hearing parents. Approximately 50,000 deaf people in the UK use British Sign Language (BSL) as their first or preferred language.
Deaf children in the UK aged 0 to 15 is at 23000 so it shows that BSL should be in the National Curriculum so our children can integrate with the deaf community and BSL would be a language they would use lots off time in there life.
Deaf children in the UK aged 0 to 15 is at 23000 so it shows that BSL should be in the National Curriculum so our children can integrate with the deaf community and BSL would be a language they would use lots off time in there life.
Timeline
| 19 Nov 2018 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 19 May 2019 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
1,928
Status
Closed
Opened
19 Nov 2018
Closed
19 May 2019
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.