Petition · past parliament · Department for Education
Make Government and Politics compulsory at Secondary School including for GCSE
Closed
441 signatures
What the petition asks
The Government should make Politics compulsory at secondary school including for GCSE. The curriculum should introduce students to democracy and international politics so that they can be more engaged. Topics can include Political Parties, Parliament, the Constitution, international bodies etc.
Young people are all too often either branded as not having enough knowledge about voting, parliament etc. to understand politics, or genuinely do not know enough knowledge and so feel like they cannot get involved with what is a very important subject.
With the exception of CCEA's GCSE specification, there are currently only A-level politics courses. However, with students having the choice with what subjects they take, they very often opt out of learning about this crucial topic.
With the exception of CCEA's GCSE specification, there are currently only A-level politics courses. However, with students having the choice with what subjects they take, they very often opt out of learning about this crucial topic.
Timeline
| 18 Mar 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 18 Sep 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
441
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Education
Opened
18 Mar 2021
Closed
18 Sep 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.