Primary and secondary schools across the UK have taken part in the ‘Stand up for Shakespeare’ National School Assemblies week (pictured), organised by the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). The assemblies were designed to explore and debate the importance of Shakespeare as part of the RSC’s ongoing campaign, whose three key goals are for young people to “See it Live, Start it Earlier and Do it on your Feet.” Some of the company’s distinguished actors, including David Bradley, Ray Fearon, Harriet Walter and Penelope Wilton, took part in some schools. It is hoped that the focus on Shakespeare during the special assemblies will encourage people to join the 10,000 current signatories who are calling for radical changes in the way Shakespeare is taught in schools. The petition will be used to lobby for a national adoption of the campaign’s three goals for Shakespeare teaching.