Petition · Department for Education

Make suicide awareness mandatory for all secondary schools and sixth forms

Closed 128 signatures

What the petition asks

We would like the Government to implement suicide awareness to make it a mandatory part of learning for all secondary schools as part of their timetabled, curricular learning. There could be group discussions and presentations about this as part of relationships, literary and humanities lessons.
As someone working in education myself, in schools where I have worked and many others, learners only hear about these kinds of events from assembly or visitors. If we could bring this to the forefront and base lessons on this, we may be able to raise more awareness and save more lives in the long-term. If successful, we think there should be mandatory CPD training for teaching staff also, as to help them be more prepared when delivering lessons involving this topic.

Timeline

5 Feb 2025 Petition opened for signatures
5 Aug 2025 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 128
Status Closed
Department Department for Education
Opened 5 Feb 2025
Closed 5 Aug 2025

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 11 Aug 2026.