Petition · Department for Education

Provide funding for all schools to have a social worker

Closed 216 signatures

What the petition asks

I think that all children deserve to have access to an independent person who they can share their worries and fears with as they need within their school days not having to wait to fit criteria set by others and disturbing their life creating differences between them and other children.
I am a surviving school phobic and didn’t receive the right help. In 1981 whilst studying community and youth work and social work I went on an exchange to Berlin and found social workers in schools.

Timeline

17 Mar 2025 Petition opened for signatures
17 Sep 2025 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 216
Status Closed
Department Department for Education
Opened 17 Mar 2025
Closed 17 Sep 2025

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 8 Aug 2026.