Petitions/Withdraw the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
StatusClosed
Opened25 Apr 2025
Closes25 Oct 2025
Government responseResponded
Parliamentary debateDebated · 5 Dec 2025
Milestones 10,000 100,000

We call on the Government to withdraw the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill. We believe it downgrades education for all children, and undermines educators and parents. If it is not withdrawn, we believe it may cause more harm to children and their educational opportunities than it helps

We believe the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill is poorly drafted and does not stem from robust evidence. We feel the accompanying impact assessments are inadequate and may damage all children's educational opportunities. We believe the Bill is silent on children’s voice and children's right to education. We also feel part 2 undermines parental responsibility for education and school leaders from ensuring their educational settings can optimise children's education and wellbeing.

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Government response

The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill puts in place a package of support to drive high and rising standards throughout our education and care systems so that every child can achieve and thrive.

Constituency engagement ranking

Mims Davies
1Mims Davies MP
East Grinstead and Uckfield
506
Alan Mak
2Alan Mak MP
Havant
503
Priti Patel
3Priti Patel MP
Witham
469
Ben Maguire
4Ben Maguire MP
North Cornwall
444
Sir Mel Stride
5Sir Mel Stride MP
Central Devon
439
Ms Nusrat Ghani
6Ms Nusrat Ghani MP
Sussex Weald
432
Noah Law
7Noah Law MP
St Austell and Newquay
429
Alex Burghart
8Alex Burghart MP
Brentwood and Ongar
424
Sir James Cleverly
9Sir James Cleverly MP
Braintree
423
Chris Vince
10Chris Vince MP
Harlow
422
Withdraw the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill — Petitions