Department for Education

The Department for Education is responsible for children’s services and education, including early years, schools, higher and further education policy, apprenticeships and wider skills in England. DfE is a ministerial department, supported by 17 agencies and public bodies.

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education

Ministers

• The Rt Hon Gavin Williamson CBE MP
  Secretary of State for Education
• Michelle Donelan MP
  Minister of State (Minister for Universities)
• The Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP
  Minister of State (Minister for School Standards)
• Vicky Ford MP
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Children and Families)
• Gillian Keegan MP
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills)
• Baroness Berridge of The Vale of Catmose
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for the School System)

Petitions linked to this department

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• Protect student choice: do not withdraw funding for BTEC qualifications
  Opened on Friday 23rd July 2021
  6 signatures so far

• Provide financial support to parents homeschooling their children
  Opened on Thursday 22nd July 2021
  8 signatures so far

• Review the changes proposed in the Market Review of Initial Teacher Training
  Opened on Wednesday 21st July 2021
  952 signatures so far

• Make LGBTQIA+ History mandatory in the primary/secondary national curriculum
  Opened on Wednesday 21st July 2021
  835 signatures so far

• Fund improved care and support for children with disabilities and their families
  Opened on Tuesday 20th July 2021
  90 signatures so far

• Provide school uniform grants across England
  Opened on Tuesday 20th July 2021
  14 signatures so far

• Increase funding for 30 hours free childcare to help nurseries survive
  Opened on Monday 19th July 2021
  29 signatures so far

• Subject all outside providers of educational materials to children to Ofsted.
  Opened on Thursday 15th July 2021
  2,118 signatures so far

• Reduce examination content for all GCSEs and A Levels in 2022.
  Opened on Thursday 15th July 2021
  54 signatures so far

• Ban mandatory school uniforms
  Opened on Wednesday 14th July 2021
  13 signatures so far

• Require School SENCOs to be fully qualifiied for the role.
  Opened on Monday 12th July 2021
  5,243 signatures so far

• Increase funding to local authorities to protect the provision of school nurses.
  Opened on Monday 12th July 2021
  2,841 signatures so far

• Add sustainability to the National Curriculum
  Opened on Monday 12th July 2021
  70 signatures so far

• Don't ban students from taking mobile phones into school
  Opened on Monday 12th July 2021
  10 signatures so far

• Calculate child maintenance on net not gross income.
  Opened on Monday 12th July 2021
  206 signatures so far

• Extend free school transport policy to 17 and 18 year olds
  Opened on Friday 9th July 2021
  41 signatures so far

• Suspend all Ofsted inspections from now until September 2022
  Opened on Thursday 8th July 2021
  8 signatures so far

• Do not exempt under 18s (including school children) from self-isolating
  Opened on Tuesday 6th July 2021
  1,055 signatures so far

• Make students on UK Ancestry visas eligible for home fees at university
  Opened on Tuesday 6th July 2021
  67 signatures so far

• Fund anti-bullying campaigns and training to support LGBT pupils in education
  Opened on Tuesday 6th July 2021
  55 signatures so far

• Review school holidays with a view to reducing the length of the summer holidays
  Opened on Friday 2nd July 2021
  40 signatures so far

• Make 30 hours per week preschool education available to all four year olds
  Opened on Tuesday 29th June 2021
  30 signatures so far

• Increase funding for schools so that pupils can catch up after COVID.
  Opened on Monday 28th June 2021
  20 signatures so far

• Give children a choice to go to school
  Opened on Monday 28th June 2021
  7 signatures so far

• Extend Ofsted powers to inspect accommodation for care leavers
  Opened on Friday 25th June 2021
  8 signatures so far

• Require exam boards to give all students the option to type their exam answers
  Opened on Friday 25th June 2021
  23 signatures so far

• Provide funding for English schools to install solar panels
  Opened on Wednesday 23rd June 2021
  29 signatures so far

• Require schools teach about special educational needs & mental health disorders
  Opened on Wednesday 23rd June 2021
  415 signatures so far

• Require all school staff receive training on SEN children
  Opened on Wednesday 23rd June 2021
  19,072 signatures so far

• Create an alternative education provision for neuro-diverse children and teens
  Opened on Wednesday 23rd June 2021
  17 signatures so far

• Introduce a Telugu GCSE
  Opened on Tuesday 22nd June 2021
  2,615 signatures so far

• Abolish private education by nationalising private/independent schools
  Opened on Tuesday 22nd June 2021
  14 signatures so far

• Require schools to allow students to wear PE kits on hot days
  Opened on Monday 21st June 2021
  38 signatures so far

• Create statutory procedures for sexual offence complaints at university
  Opened on Monday 21st June 2021
  680 signatures so far

• Mandatory sexual harassment training for school staff
  Opened on Thursday 17th June 2021
  15 signatures so far

• SEN review of curriculum, educational and employment opportunities
  Opened on Thursday 17th June 2021
  31 signatures so far

• Require schools to adopt activewear for school uniforms
  Opened on Wednesday 16th June 2021
  8 signatures so far

• Require schools to make every Friday a half day.
  Opened on Wednesday 16th June 2021
  6 signatures so far

• Calculate child maintenance based on actual child expenses
  Opened on Tuesday 15th June 2021
  767 signatures so far

• Prevent schools from serving processed foods for school meals
  Opened on Monday 14th June 2021
  54 signatures so far

• Make Psychology/Wellbeing classes a part of the national curriculum for all ages
  Opened on Thursday 3rd June 2021
  23 signatures so far

• Release the provisional grades for GCSEs and A-Levels in England in June
  Opened on Wednesday 2nd June 2021
  14 signatures so far

• No amendments to GCSE's should be made for the current Year 9's and Year 10's
  Opened on Tuesday 1st June 2021
  7 signatures so far

• Fund free travel to school, college, university, etc. for all students
  Opened on Tuesday 1st June 2021
  15 signatures so far

• Fund regular in-school dental health check-ups for children
  Opened on Friday 28th May 2021
  638 signatures so far

• 15 free hours childcare from when a baby is 8 months old for working parents.
  Opened on Friday 28th May 2021
  12 signatures so far

• Reduce university fees for degrees that do not offer full in-person teaching.
  Opened on Friday 28th May 2021
  242 signatures so far

• Remove right of teachers to confiscate phones and view their content
  Opened on Friday 28th May 2021
  13 signatures so far

• Stop measuring the height and weight of children in primary school
  Opened on Thursday 27th May 2021
  20,829 signatures so far

• Increase support for the English Language Teaching sector
  Opened on Wednesday 26th May 2021
  271 signatures so far

• Commission an independent review of childcare funding and affordability
  Opened on Wednesday 26th May 2021
  111,611 signatures so far

• Introduce a minimum of 3 hours of mandatory PE in schools per week.
  Opened on Monday 24th May 2021
  29 signatures so far

• Prohibit schools from breeding or hatching animals
  Opened on Monday 24th May 2021
  12 signatures so far

• Add defib training to primary curriculum & centralise info on defib locations
  Opened on Friday 21st May 2021
  18 signatures so far

• Ban the dissection of animals in schools, colleges and universities
  Opened on Thursday 20th May 2021
  21 signatures so far

• Ban fish meals in schools
  Opened on Wednesday 19th May 2021
  8 signatures so far

• Fund free resits to allow 2020 A-Level/GCSE students to retake all exams once
  Opened on Tuesday 18th May 2021
  29 signatures so far

• Reinstate the union learning fund
  Opened on Tuesday 18th May 2021
  10 signatures so far

• Provide funding to increase school places for students with special needs
  Opened on Monday 17th May 2021
  106 signatures so far

• No public funds or tax breaks for schools with faith or gender admissions policy
  Opened on Monday 17th May 2021
  24 signatures so far

• Increase funding for local authorities to assess and support Autistic children
  Opened on Monday 17th May 2021
  2,138 signatures so far

• Remove requirements for collective worship in state schools
  Opened on Thursday 13th May 2021
  31 signatures so far

• Ban use of isolation booths in schools
  Opened on Thursday 13th May 2021
  69 signatures so far

• End forced adoption
  Opened on Thursday 13th May 2021
  213 signatures so far

• Require schools teach about contributions of South Asian and Black people in WW1
  Opened on Thursday 13th May 2021
  59 signatures so far

• Fund a £400 bonus for every teacher required to mark externally-set exams
  Opened on Wednesday 12th May 2021
  2,982 signatures so far

• Make it compulsory to teach about Female Genital Mutilation in primary schools
  Opened on Wednesday 12th May 2021
  11 signatures so far

• Abolish tuition fees & replace them with public funding for further education.
  Opened on Tuesday 11th May 2021
  100 signatures so far

• Make care leaver bursaries for higher education available to ages 25+
  Opened on Tuesday 11th May 2021
  21 signatures so far

• Require schools to teach feminism as part of the national curriculum
  Opened on Monday 10th May 2021
  90 signatures so far

• Extend local authorities' duty to support young people with EHCPs to age 27
  Opened on Friday 7th May 2021
  36 signatures so far

• Revoke guidance on social distancing and bubbles in schools
  Opened on Friday 7th May 2021
  38 signatures so far

• Include Dry Slope (artificial slope) Skiing & Snowboarding in GCSE PE
  Opened on Friday 7th May 2021
  1,374 signatures so far

• Fund an Esports program for schools similar to the US and Canada
  Opened on Thursday 6th May 2021
  10 signatures so far

• Replace Religious Education with a life skills subject
  Opened on Thursday 6th May 2021
  9 signatures so far

• Decolonise the UK curriculum and make it more diverse
  Opened on Thursday 6th May 2021
  82 signatures so far

• All British students should be entitled to home fee status.
  Opened on Thursday 6th May 2021
  2,225 signatures so far

• Add CPR, Basic Life Support and Defib Training to National Curriculum for 14+
  Opened on Thursday 6th May 2021
  3,090 signatures so far

• Abolish University Tuition Fees For All Students
  Opened on Thursday 6th May 2021
  159 signatures so far

• Replace “Special Educational Needs” within the Children & Families Act (2014).
  Opened on Wednesday 5th May 2021
  336 signatures so far

• Close all schools until COVID-19 is 100% gone
  Opened on Tuesday 4th May 2021
  14 signatures so far

• Fund Increased Pay Rise for Teachers
  Opened on Tuesday 4th May 2021
  40 signatures so far

• Increase funding for teacher training & equipment to support left-handed pupils
  Opened on Friday 30th April 2021
  13 signatures so far

• Add the British National Anthem to the National Curriculum
  Opened on Friday 30th April 2021
  9 signatures so far

• Introduce a ‘mental health day’ as a valid reason to be absent from school
  Opened on Friday 30th April 2021
  9 signatures so far

• Abolish Homework in Every School
  Opened on Friday 30th April 2021
  66 signatures so far

• Create legal requirements for schools to reduce, reuse and recycle
  Opened on Thursday 29th April 2021
  25 signatures so far

• More Funding For SEN Children To Access Appropriate School Provisions
  Opened on Thursday 29th April 2021
  6,117 signatures so far

• Children under school age not to be included in restrictions on gatherings
  Opened on Thursday 29th April 2021
  54 signatures so far

• Change the Student Finance criteria to better help independent people.
  Opened on Thursday 29th April 2021
  14 signatures so far

• Introduce a statutory Mental Health Policy to all schools in England
  Opened on Wednesday 28th April 2021
  811 signatures so far

• Make the teaching of Black history compulsory in primary and secondary schools.
  Opened on Wednesday 28th April 2021
  53 signatures so far

• Increase the amount of content on sexism in the PSHE national curriculum.
  Opened on Tuesday 27th April 2021
  14 signatures so far

• Make the Cambodian genocide required teaching in the secondary curriculum
  Opened on Monday 26th April 2021
  15 signatures so far

• Review availability of places in secure children's homes
  Opened on Friday 23rd April 2021
  15 signatures so far

• Include sexual assault mitigation in the curriculum, save women from violence
  Opened on Wednesday 21st April 2021
  20 signatures so far

• Make the education of sexual consent, assault & rape compulsory in junior school
  Opened on Tuesday 20th April 2021
  68 signatures so far

• Increase the minimum legal allocation of protected PPA time to 20%
  Opened on Monday 19th April 2021
  123 signatures so far

• Reduce student loan debt and interest to mitigate the impact of Covid-19
  Opened on Monday 19th April 2021
  157 signatures so far

• Do not allow ESFA to clawback any funding for Adult Education budget
  Opened on Monday 19th April 2021
  5,307 signatures so far

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