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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  • Leeds
    Don't force Moortown 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. Effectively academization means more accountability to the Department of Education, not the local community. It also does not address the most pressing issues facing our schools including shortages of school places in local areas. One size does not fit all, and local parents and teachers should have a say in the future of our school.
    416 of 500 Signatures
    Created by Jo Ingold
  • Bath
    Don't force Bathwick St. Mary's 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
    413 of 500 Signatures
    Created by Elizabeth Fortin
  • Belper
    Don't force Belper School and all the Primary Schools in Belper and Duffield to become academies
    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
    379 of 400 Signatures
    Created by Maurice Neville
  • Hemel Hempstead
    Don't force Aycliffe Drive 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
    228 of 300 Signatures
    Created by Wayne Emery
  • Runcorn
    Don't force The Grange 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 Ste Armstrong
  • Blackpool
    Don't force Stanley 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
    217 of 300 Signatures
    Created by Michelle Laird
  • Billingshurst
    Don't force Billingshurst 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
    279 of 300 Signatures
    Created by Emily Anderson
  • Sheffield
    Don't force Westways 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
    621 of 800 Signatures
    Created by Pete Green
  • Penzance
    Don't force Humphry Davy 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
    117 of 200 Signatures
    Created by john wilkin
  • Westbury
    Don't force Matravers school to become an academy
    Did you know that academy schools are businesses? Rather like Tata steel or Tesco. The only difference at present is that they are not allowed to generate profit for share holders! (Although this is being discussed!) So what happens to the money that flows in to an acadamy? Well, not entirely what you might imagine! Many existing academies have been criticised for making payments to businesses owned by their own trustees and executives. ?500,000 in the case of Academy Enterprise Trust (AET). They were criticized yes, but not sanctioned, because amazingly their action was not illegal! 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 ??? A school paid for by taxpayers, but run by businesses, sponsors or trusts. Within this move the government is also recommending an end to parent governors, this being the only 'check' mechanism still in place between business, school assets like 'Redland Lane' and your paid tax. The money that you thought was paying for your childrens' education! Schools like Matravers will be targeted by academy trusts that see value in the land assets, not the future prospects of our children. Many teachers and parents are already standing against the plans, saying that they are ???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.
    291 of 300 Signatures
    Created by Dan Gmaj