Petition · past parliament · Department for Education
Add the subject of grief to the national curriculum
Closed
76 signatures
What the petition asks
I want you to make it essential that all schools, primary and secondary touch on the subject of grief. Whether it be made into a whole subject category or a topic every one learns about. It’s important to incorporate it into mental health. And to learn about death and grief.
It is really important for children of all ages to start knowing the truth about grief. And why it happens, and why people feel grief and how.
Losing someone happens to everyone in this world yet no one really knows how to deal with that emotion. People around them don’t know either so can’t offer help. Grief isn’t talked about enough and it’s a taboo subject when death happens. It shouldn’t be an awkward subject yet it is because not a lot of people know how to handle it.
Losing someone happens to everyone in this world yet no one really knows how to deal with that emotion. People around them don’t know either so can’t offer help. Grief isn’t talked about enough and it’s a taboo subject when death happens. It shouldn’t be an awkward subject yet it is because not a lot of people know how to handle it.
Timeline
| 21 Oct 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 21 Apr 2022 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
76
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Education
Opened
21 Oct 2021
Closed
21 Apr 2022
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.