Petition · past parliament · Department for Education
Make politics a compulsory subject from years 7 - 9
Closed
32 signatures
What the petition asks
The Government should make Politics compulsory at secondary school from years 7-9. 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 often labelled 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 the 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 interesting and important topic.
With the exception of the 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 interesting and important topic.
Timeline
| 15 Nov 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 15 May 2022 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
32
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Education
Opened
15 Nov 2021
Closed
15 May 2022
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.