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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• Require equal coverage of women’s achievements in the National Curriculum
  Opened on Monday 12th April 2021
  7 signatures so far

• Allow all students to return to university at the start of the Spring term
  Opened on Monday 12th April 2021
  739 signatures so far

• End CMS loop-holes for parents who hide their income through Limited Companies.
  Opened on Monday 12th April 2021
  6 signatures so far

• Confirm arrangements for 2022 GCSE, A-level and BTEC exams by summer 2021
  Opened on Friday 9th April 2021
  9 signatures so far

• Make British Sign Language a language option in the national curriculum
  Opened on Friday 9th April 2021
  236 signatures so far

• Call for Reduction of University Student Tuition Fees from £9250 to £3000
  Opened on Thursday 8th April 2021
  21 signatures so far

• Extend eligibility for free prescriptions to all students in full time education
  Opened on Thursday 8th April 2021
  22 signatures so far

• Make school uniform optional for students in secondary schools.
  Opened on Thursday 8th April 2021
  55 signatures so far

• Match Scotland’s "Plan 1" student loan repayment threshold of £25k
  Opened on Wednesday 7th April 2021
  7 signatures so far

• Require schools to teach about environmental conservation
  Opened on Tuesday 6th April 2021
  10 signatures so far

• Anti-racism lessons should be made compulsory in schools
  Opened on Tuesday 6th April 2021
  35 signatures so far

• Make British Sign Language (BSL) a compulsory subject in the national curriculum
  Opened on Tuesday 6th April 2021
  15 signatures so far

• Ban the use of face masks in schools
  Opened on Thursday 1st April 2021
  31,846 signatures so far

• Extend the Maintenance loan to cover part time distance learning students
  Opened on Thursday 1st April 2021
  243 signatures so far

• Increase awareness of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in UK schools
  Opened on Thursday 1st April 2021
  875 signatures so far

• Give residents with FLR (FP) status access to home fees for health degrees
  Opened on Thursday 1st April 2021
  41 signatures so far

• Offer all students the full maintenance loan no matter what their parents earn.
  Opened on Wednesday 31st March 2021
  21 signatures so far

• Give pre-settled EU students access to home fees
  Opened on Wednesday 31st March 2021
  83 signatures so far

• Include infertility and the effects in the national curriculum
  Opened on Wednesday 31st March 2021
  213 signatures so far

• Reallocate the £350 million from the NTP to schools to support pupils directly
  Opened on Wednesday 31st March 2021
  13 signatures so far

• Introduce Human Trafficking awareness into the National Curriculum
  Opened on Wednesday 31st March 2021
  28 signatures so far

• Modify arrangements for Home Education of children with an EHCP
  Opened on Tuesday 30th March 2021
  50 signatures so far

• Introduce an optional philosophy GCSE into the current Key Stage 4 curriculum
  Opened on Tuesday 30th March 2021
  437 signatures so far

• Create more curriculum around diversity and inclusion within secondary schools.
  Opened on Tuesday 30th March 2021
  34 signatures so far

• Provide dairy-free alternatives as part of the national milk scheme for under 5s
  Opened on Tuesday 30th March 2021
  1,730 signatures so far

• Lateral Flow Test (LFT) made compulsory in Secondary Schools for all.
  Opened on Monday 29th March 2021
  9 signatures so far

• Organise and fund a 6-week 'Summer of Fun' for children and young people
  Opened on Monday 29th March 2021
  22 signatures so far

• Give 2022/2023 GCSE students a choice between exams or teacher assessed grades
  Opened on Monday 29th March 2021
  11 signatures so far

• Require schools to allow pupils to wear PE kit for the full day on PE day
  Opened on Monday 29th March 2021
  201 signatures so far

• Create a mandatory Financial Education subject at secondary
  Opened on Monday 29th March 2021
  15 signatures so far

• Ensure A-level grades are not lower than previously awarded AS-level grades
  Opened on Monday 29th March 2021
  105 signatures so far

• Create an Events Cancellation Fund for the events sector
  Opened on Monday 29th March 2021
  18 signatures so far

• Give students who got A-level results in 2020 options for alternative grades
  Opened on Friday 26th March 2021
  101 signatures so far

• Consider to reintroduce maintenance grants for students going to university
  Opened on Thursday 25th March 2021
  7 signatures so far

• Require schools to have a gender-neutral uniform policy
  Opened on Wednesday 24th March 2021
  50 signatures so far

• Offer 15hrs free childcare for multiples under 3 years
  Opened on Wednesday 24th March 2021
  13,087 signatures so far

• Extend free school meals for all current Year 2 pupils for another year
  Opened on Wednesday 24th March 2021
  13 signatures so far

• Provide funding to improve the quality of teaching in schools of sexual violence
  Opened on Tuesday 23rd March 2021
  26 signatures so far

• Exclude assessments taken during lockdown from teacher assessed grades
  Opened on Monday 22nd March 2021
  38 signatures so far

• Lift the cap on university places for 2021/22 due to impact of COVID-19
  Opened on Monday 22nd March 2021
  22 signatures so far

• Extend DfE and Ofsted oversight to private schools
  Opened on Friday 19th March 2021
  31 signatures so far

• Prevent Functional Skill Qualification (FSQ)/ESOL exams taking place in 2021
  Opened on Friday 19th March 2021
  1,198 signatures so far

• Extend free childcare to Tier 2 visa holders
  Opened on Thursday 18th March 2021
  135 signatures so far

• Give Students the Choice Between predicted Grades or Teacher Assessed Grades
  Opened on Thursday 18th March 2021
  33 signatures so far

• Provide free state-run childcare for all parents with children under 18
  Opened on Thursday 18th March 2021
  12 signatures so far

• Make Government and Politics compulsory at Secondary School including for GCSE
  Opened on Thursday 18th March 2021
  145 signatures so far

• Do not cut UK higher education Arts Funding
  Opened on Thursday 18th March 2021
  43 signatures so far

• Mandatory self-defence classes as part of school curriculum
  Opened on Wednesday 17th March 2021
  160 signatures so far

• Require schools across England to start the school day at 10am.
  Opened on Wednesday 17th March 2021
  9 signatures so far

• Parental rights should be lost if you don't contact your child for a year.
  Opened on Wednesday 17th March 2021
  10 signatures so far

• Remove recommendation that face coverings be used in classrooms
  Opened on Wednesday 17th March 2021
  19 signatures so far

• Require schools to provide online classes as an option to all children
  Opened on Wednesday 17th March 2021
  14 signatures so far

• Allow grades for students with memory loss to be set by continual assessment
  Opened on Wednesday 17th March 2021
  468 signatures so far

• Place Defibrillators and handheld Face pumps into all schools.
  Opened on Tuesday 16th March 2021
  43 signatures so far

• Allow schools to decide what meals they provide
  Opened on Tuesday 16th March 2021
  146 signatures so far

• Introduce character education to the curriculum under PSHE
  Opened on Tuesday 16th March 2021
  205 signatures so far

• Generically Rebrand the Turing Scheme
  Opened on Tuesday 16th March 2021
  54 signatures so far

• Grandparents have legal rights to see grandchildren.
  Opened on Tuesday 16th March 2021
  124 signatures so far

• Let Our Children Learn About Peace through the educational curriculum
  Opened on Tuesday 16th March 2021
  16 signatures so far

• Change the title of Special Schools to Support Schools.
  Opened on Friday 12th March 2021
  16 signatures so far

• Provide free breakfast club provision for all primary school children.
  Opened on Friday 12th March 2021
  72 signatures so far

• ALL GCSEs to be optional not compulsory, allowing equal value to ALL subjects
  Opened on Friday 12th March 2021
  23 signatures so far

• Introduce Covid-19 testing in primary schools in England for all staff & pupils.
  Opened on Friday 12th March 2021
  30 signatures so far

• Scrap national exams for Key Stage 4 permanently
  Opened on Friday 12th March 2021
  21 signatures so far

• Add parental alienation to the curriculum with mandatory training for teachers
  Opened on Wednesday 10th March 2021
  334 signatures so far

• Make psychology a mandatory subject in the secondary school curriculum
  Opened on Wednesday 10th March 2021
  57 signatures so far

• Increase curriculum content about water safety as part of swimming lessons
  Opened on Tuesday 9th March 2021
  6,313 signatures so far

• Require schools to operate a 4 day week
  Opened on Tuesday 9th March 2021
  18 signatures so far

• Require all teachers and TAs to have basic mental health training
  Opened on Tuesday 9th March 2021
  23 signatures so far

• Allow all parents studying at university to receive the Child Care Grant (CCG).
  Opened on Monday 8th March 2021
  34 signatures so far

• Do not impose new free speech conditions on higher education
  Opened on Monday 8th March 2021
  37 signatures so far

• Add Yoga to the School Curriculum
  Opened on Monday 8th March 2021
  3,074 signatures so far

• Cancel Easter school holidays to allow kids to stay in school
  Opened on Monday 8th March 2021
  11 signatures so far

• Cancel all GCSE, AS and A level exams until 2024.
  Opened on Monday 8th March 2021
  11 signatures so far

• Set a date for when non-practical university students can return to campus
  Opened on Friday 5th March 2021
  1,856 signatures so far

• Do not make it mandatory to wear a mask in the classroom
  Opened on Thursday 4th March 2021
  4,161 signatures so far

• Tuition Fee Compensation for International Students in UK Universities
  Opened on Tuesday 2nd March 2021
  32,966 signatures so far

• Allow families to take children out of school for a holiday this year only
  Opened on Tuesday 2nd March 2021
  12 signatures so far

• Increase the legal age of adulthood for vulnerable & looked after persons
  Opened on Monday 1st March 2021
  51 signatures so far

• Put more funding into music, drama, and dance education.
  Opened on Monday 1st March 2021
  21 signatures so far

• The UK Government should not fine parents for taking children on holiday.
  Opened on Friday 26th February 2021
  22 signatures so far

• Delay the return of school to the 22nd of march to keep students and staff safe
  Opened on Friday 26th February 2021
  29 signatures so far

• End the academic year at Easter for this year’s Upper Sixth and Year 11
  Opened on Thursday 25th February 2021
  1,650 signatures so far

• Limit when welfare assessments under the Children Act 1989 can be conducted
  Opened on Thursday 25th February 2021
  26 signatures so far

• Don’t re-open schools until all staff have been vaccinated
  Opened on Wednesday 24th February 2021
  41 signatures so far

• Disallow Teacher Assessed Grades lower than a 5 for 2021 GCSEs and A-Levels
  Opened on Wednesday 24th February 2021
  14 signatures so far

• Cancel the school 20/21 year for primary pupils. Repeat the years in 21/22.
  Opened on Wednesday 24th February 2021
  13 signatures so far

• Don’t re-open schools until September
  Opened on Tuesday 23rd February 2021
  29 signatures so far

• Lower tuition fees to a minimum £5,000 for University students during covid-19.
  Opened on Tuesday 23rd February 2021
  437 signatures so far

• Fund study of Allied Health Professional University courses
  Opened on Tuesday 23rd February 2021
  18 signatures so far

• Don’t send students back until mid April, to ensure a definite decrease in cases
  Opened on Tuesday 23rd February 2021
  24 signatures so far

• Scrap plans to write off historic child support debts.
  Opened on Monday 22nd February 2021
  614 signatures so far

• Fund free school meals for all children
  Opened on Friday 19th February 2021
  19 signatures so far

• Include the harmful environmental impact of plastic waste on the curriculum
  Opened on Thursday 18th February 2021
  103 signatures so far

• Teach two languages to every child as part of the National Curriculum
  Opened on Thursday 18th February 2021
  34 signatures so far

• Extend school period product scheme to help young people being home schooled.
  Opened on Thursday 18th February 2021
  13 signatures so far

• Reduce university tuition fees to £3500 for health care courses during COVID-19
  Opened on Thursday 18th February 2021
  35 signatures so far

• Require schools to extend the summer holidays by 3 weeks
  Opened on Wednesday 17th February 2021
  12 signatures so far

• Tell students in advance topics on proposed teacher marked tests.
  Opened on Wednesday 17th February 2021
  20 signatures so far

• Reimburse creative art students who can't access to equipment during lockdown
  Opened on Wednesday 17th February 2021
  192 signatures so far

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