Protect Our Schools

The government wants to make all schools into academies - schools funded by taxpayers, but run by businesses, sponsors or trusts.

You could start a petition to save your local school if you're a parent who wants a say in the future of the school your kids go to. Maybe your local school is at risk of closure if the government's plans go ahead. Or you might be a teacher willing to lead a campaign to stop your school becoming an academy. If you're a parent governor, you could run a campaign against the government's plans to scrap the role of parent governors.

Hundreds of strong local campaigns to protect schools across the country - including where you live - could put our MPs under enough pressure to drop the plans.

If there's a school in your local area at risk, start a petition here to save it.

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  • Twickenham
    Don't force Archdeacon Cambridge to become an academy
    For purely ideological reasons the government wants to force all schools to become academies. This is a very expensive solution to a non-problem; there is no evidence that turning a good school into an academy will make it better. We will lose control in two ways: we will no longer have parents' representatives on the board of governors, and our locally elected councillors will lose all their influence. Instead the school will be answerable to a private company and to civil servants in Westminster.
    422 of 500 Signatures
    Created by Bob Vickers
  • Sherborne Primary School
    No two schools are alike. But the government doesn't seem to agree. It wants to rush through plans to force every single school in England to become an academy the type of school paid for by taxpayers, but run by businesses, sponsors or trusts. Many teachers and parents are already standing against the plans, saying that they're "a step towards privatisation", ignore local views, and could force some schools to close. One size does not fit all, and local parents and teachers should have a say in the future of our school. ------ If this isn't your local school, click here to sign your local petition, or start one if no-one else has yet: https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/start-a-campaign-for-your-school
    361 of 400 Signatures
    Created by Anthony Ingle
  • London
    Don't force Springfield Community Primary School to become an academy
    No two schools are alike. But the government doesn't seem to agree. It wants to rush through plans to force every single school in England to become an academy the type of school paid for by taxpayers, but run by businesses, sponsors or trusts. Many teachers and parents are already standing against the plans, saying that they're "a step towards privatisation", ignore local views, and could force some schools to close. One size does not fit all, and local parents and teachers should have a say in the future of our school. ------ If this isn't your local school, click here to sign your local petition, or start one if no-one else has yet: https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/start-a-campaign-for-your-school
    53 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Jenny Lindvall
  • Don't force Trinity Road Primary School to become an academy
    No two schools are alike. But the government doesn't seem to agree. It wants to rush through plans to force every single school in England to become an academy the type of school paid for by taxpayers, but run by businesses, sponsors or trusts. Many teachers and parents are already standing against the plans, saying that they're "a step towards privatisation", ignore local views, and could force some schools to close. One size does not fit all, and local parents and teachers should have a say in the future of our school. ------ If this isn't your local school, click here to sign your local petition, or start one if no-one else has yet: https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/start-a-campaign-for-your-school
    153 of 200 Signatures
    Created by Joanne Corney
  • Barnet
    Don't force Whitings Hill School to become an academy
    No two schools are alike. But the government doesn't seem to agree. It wants to rush through plans to force every single school in England to become an academy the type of school paid for by taxpayers, but run by businesses, sponsors or trusts. Many teachers and parents are already standing against the plans, saying that they're "a step towards privatisation", ignore local views, and could force some schools to close. One size does not fit all, and local parents and teachers should have a say in the future of our school. ------ If this isn't your local school, click here to sign your local petition, or start one if no-one else has yet: https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/start-a-campaign-for-your-school
    286 of 300 Signatures
    Created by Paula Rennock-Smith
  • Claydon
    Don't force Claydon to become an academy
    No two schools are alike. But the government doesn't seem to agree. It wants to rush through plans to force every single school in England to become an academy the type of school paid for by taxpayers, but run by businesses, sponsors or trusts. Many teachers and parents are already standing against the plans, saying that they're "a step towards privatisation", ignore local views, and could force some schools to close. One size does not fit all, and local parents and teachers should have a say in the future of our school. ------ If this isn't your local school, click here to sign your local petition, or start one if no-one else has yet: https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/start-a-campaign-for-your-school
    283 of 300 Signatures
    Created by Megan Day Picture
  • Holloway
    Don't force Grafton Primary School to become an academy
    No two schools are alike. But the government doesn't seem to agree. It wants to rush through plans to force every single school in England to become an academy the type of school paid for by taxpayers, but run by businesses, sponsors or trusts. Many teachers and parents are already standing against the plans, saying that they're "a step towards privatisation", ignore local views, and could force some schools to close. One size does not fit all, and local parents and teachers should have a say in the future of our school.------If this isn't your local school, click here to sign your local petition, or start one if no-one else has yet: https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/start-a-campaign-for-your-school
    510 of 600 Signatures
    Created by Anwar Hussein
  • London
    Don't force Garfield Primary School to become an academy
    No two schools are alike. But the government doesn't seem to agree. It wants to rush through plans to force every single school in England to become an academy the type of school paid for by taxpayers, but run by businesses, sponsors or trusts. Many teachers and parents are already standing against the plans, saying that they're "a step towards privatisation", ignore local views, and could force some schools to close. One size does not fit all, and local parents and teachers should have a say in the future of our school. ------ If this isn't your local school, click here to sign your local petition, or start one if no-one else has yet: https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/start-a-campaign-for-your-school
    210 of 300 Signatures
    Created by Bee M
  • London
    Don't force Jubilee Primary School to become an academy
    No two schools are alike. But the government doesn't seem to agree. It wants to rush through plans to force every single school in England to become an academy the type of school paid for by taxpayers, but run by businesses, sponsors or trusts. Many teachers and parents are already standing against the plans, saying that they're "a step towards privatisation", ignore local views, and could force some schools to close. One size does not fit all, and local parents and teachers should have a say in the future of our school.------If this isn't your local school, click here to sign your local petition, or start one if no-one else has yet: https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/start-a-campaign-for-your-school
    633 of 800 Signatures
    Created by Anna Melamed
  • Exeter
    Don't force Pinhoe Primary to become an academy
    No two schools are alike. But the government doesn't seem to agree. It wants to rush through plans to force every single school in England to become an academy the type of school paid for by taxpayers, but run by businesses, sponsors or trusts. Many teachers and parents are already standing against the plans, saying that they're "a step towards privatisation", ignore local views, and could force some schools to close. One size does not fit all, and local parents and teachers should have a say in the future of our school. ------ If this isn't your local school, click here to sign your local petition, or start one if no-one else has yet: https://secure.38degrees.org.uk/start-a-campaign-for-your-school
    364 of 400 Signatures
    Created by Jeanna Skinner