Petition · past parliament · Cabinet Office
Amend the Equality Act 2010: National curriculum and protected characteristics
Closed
1,352 signatures
What the petition asks
The Government should create a new ‘National Curriculum content review & reform’ section in the Equality Act, with the purpose of requiring content relating to Protected Characteristics to be structurally instituted throughout the National Curriculum.
The Act’s Education Section in current form has no requirement for National Curriculum content to counteract a core source of prejudice, particularly against BAME people, Women and LGBT+ people, out of date unbalanced curricula content. The motivation behind the ‘History Month’ Movement [BHM, and LGBT+] and the Equality Act itself indicate the need for this action, as do Covid 19, recent events in the US and the ‘Me Too’ movement.
Timeline
| 16 Jun 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 16 Dec 2020 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
1,352
Status
Closed
Department
Cabinet Office
Opened
16 Jun 2020
Closed
16 Dec 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.