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 18 agencies and public bodies.

Website

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

Ministers

• The Rt Hon Gillian Keegan MP
  Secretary of State for Education
• The Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP
  Minister of State (Minister of State for Schools)
• The Rt Hon Robert Halfon MP
  Minister of State (Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education)
• Claire Coutinho MP
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Children, Families and Wellbeing)
• Baroness Barran MBE
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for the School System and Student Finance)

Petitions linked to this department

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• Review quality of school food
  Opened on Friday 20th December 2024
  11 signatures so far

• Conduct a review into the merits of co-operative exams
  Opened on Thursday 19th December 2024
  15 signatures so far

• Change fine rules so only one parent is charged for a child taken out of school
  Opened on Thursday 19th December 2024
  14 signatures so far

• Make autism training mandatory for teachers in schools to help understanding
  Opened on Tuesday 17th December 2024
  31 signatures so far

• Stop giving homework to primary and secondary school students
  Opened on Friday 13th December 2024
  46 signatures so far

• Make it easier for parents to get EOTAS via an EHC plan.
  Opened on Wednesday 11th December 2024
  18 signatures so far

• Increase maintenance loans for university students
  Opened on Wednesday 11th December 2024
  20 signatures so far

• Reform university applications so students know their grades when applying.
  Opened on Monday 9th December 2024
  28 signatures so far

• Mandate that schools use trans students' chosen names and pronouns.
  Opened on Monday 9th December 2024
  170 signatures so far

• Remove Sugary Foods from School Menus in England to Promote Children's Health.

• Remove Sugary Foods from School Menus in England to Promote Children's Health.
  Opened on Monday 9th December 2024
  40 signatures so far

• Increase funding for Early years providers.
  Opened on Friday 6th December 2024
  24 signatures so far

• Allow parents to take their children out of school for up to 10 days fine free.
  Opened on Thursday 28th November 2024
  13,847 signatures so far

• Provide Funding for Neurodiversity Diagnostic Assessments in State Schools
  Opened on Wednesday 27th November 2024
  62 signatures so far

• Provide schools with money to fund teaching assistants in every class.
  Opened on Wednesday 27th November 2024
  44 signatures so far

• Government funding for home-educated children: ensure fair educational support.
  Opened on Wednesday 27th November 2024
  170 signatures so far

• Stop the Government from raising the tuition fee cap
  Opened on Thursday 21st November 2024
  256 signatures so far

• Reduce University student tuition fee cap from £9,250 to £3,000
  Opened on Wednesday 20th November 2024
  183 signatures so far

• Make GCSE exams free for home educated children under 18
  Opened on Friday 15th November 2024
  4,594 signatures so far

• Commercial Pilot Training to be VAT exempt and introduce new funding options
  Opened on Monday 11th November 2024
  398 signatures so far

• Make Black history part of the curriculum in all schools
  Opened on Friday 8th November 2024
  166 signatures so far

• Legalise adult adoption
  Opened on Friday 8th November 2024
  327 signatures so far

• Negotiate a youth mobility scheme with the EU
  Opened on Thursday 7th November 2024
  1,317 signatures so far

• Adapt EYFS and KS1 Literacy Curriculums to be inclusive for Non-Verbal children
  Opened on Tuesday 5th November 2024
  1,583 signatures so far

• Support families by bringing nannies into the 15/30 hours free childcare scheme
  Opened on Thursday 31st October 2024
  1,577 signatures so far

• Require education about assistance dogs at school and workplaces
  Open from Friday 17th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  40 signatures

• Remove algebra from the national curriculum and increase financial education
  Open from Thursday 16th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  25 signatures

• Ensure fair grading for GCSE and A Level students in 2024 due to lost learning
  Open from Thursday 16th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  541 signatures

• Review and reform training requirements for child social workers
  Open from Tuesday 14th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  13 signatures

• Immediate review and reform of the education system
  Open from Tuesday 14th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  38 signatures

• Withdraw guidance recommending ban on mobile phones in schools
  Open from Tuesday 14th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  16 signatures

• Outlaw restrictions on prayer at work and in education
  Open from Monday 13th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  15 signatures

• Reverse the decision to allow Ofsted one-word judgements to remain.
  Open from Monday 13th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  756 signatures

• Require schools to allow students to have access to the toilet at any time
  Open from Friday 10th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  63 signatures

• Require schools in different areas to have different half-term dates
  Open from Friday 10th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  18 signatures

• Stop fines and criminal charges for taking children on holiday in term time
  Open from Tuesday 7th May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  86 signatures

• Don't require students to study maths until 18 years old
  Open from Friday 3rd May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  18 signatures

• Increased local government funding for young people's services
  Open from Friday 3rd May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  70 signatures

• Give teachers a right to two week's leave, with any children, during term time
  Open from Friday 3rd May 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  10 signatures

• Provide financial support for home educators who provide development reports
  Open from Tuesday 30th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  15 signatures

• Abolish fines for parents who take their children out of school
  Open from Tuesday 30th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  658 signatures

• Ban zero hour/term-time only contracts for teaching assistants
  Open from Monday 29th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  33 signatures

• Introduce tiered caps for international student fees
  Open from Friday 26th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  110 signatures

• Introduce a ‘Youth training scheme’ for 16/17/18 yrs who don’t choose college
  Open from Thursday 25th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  20 signatures

• Provide full training costs for adult learners to retrain in a new career
  Open from Thursday 25th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  18 signatures

• Introduce law to require schools to allow prayer practices
  Open from Wednesday 24th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  8,656 signatures

• Require schools to allow students to access the bathroom during lesson time
  Open from Wednesday 24th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  34 signatures

• Abolish means testing for student maintenance loans for higher education
  Open from Wednesday 24th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  34 signatures

• Review the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check scoring guidance
  Open from Wednesday 24th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  154 signatures

• Change guidance and funding for behaviour management in schools
  Open from Tuesday 23rd April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  23 signatures

• Require schools to have lessons teaching resilience
  Open from Friday 19th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  30 signatures

• Require local authorities to fund school transport for disabled 16-18 year olds
  Open from Thursday 18th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  1,436 signatures

• Allow SEND children to be taken out of school once a year without penalty
  Open from Wednesday 17th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  4,716 signatures

• Create an independent body with oversight of senior leadership in all schools
  Open from Tuesday 16th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  51 signatures

• Require social workers to wear body cameras when meeting families
  Open from Monday 15th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  158 signatures

• Introduce cap on student numbers in line with relative rental capacity
  Open from Monday 15th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  17 signatures

• Remove a week from the school summer holiday to extend the Easter holiday
  Open from Monday 15th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  15 signatures

• Ban schools from giving detentions to students
  Open from Friday 12th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  25 signatures

• Suspend the Safety Valve programme and provide funding to cover SEND deficits
  Open from Friday 12th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  4,013 signatures

• Require Universities compensate students who missed teaching due to COVID-19
  Open from Thursday 11th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  17 signatures

• Ensure we have a Youth Parliament
  Open from Wednesday 10th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  96 signatures

• Make the English Literature curriculum for Key Stage 4 more diverse
  Open from Wednesday 10th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  21 signatures

• Set new guidance and requirements for animals in early years settings
  Open from Tuesday 9th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  59 signatures

• Ban schools setting work for holidays in years with no public exams
  Open from Monday 8th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  20 signatures

• Fund pay for student primary school teachers on placement
  Open from Monday 8th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  108 signatures

• Make suicide awareness mandatory for all secondary schools
  Open from Friday 5th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  52 signatures

• Remove the right to withdraw from RE lessons in schools
  Open from Thursday 4th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  25 signatures

• Require wheelchair accessible tills and self checkouts in all stores
  Open from Thursday 4th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  155 signatures

• Fund more help and support for those in and leaving care
  Open from Thursday 4th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  20 signatures

• 15 hours of free childcare as soon as child turns 2 (not wait until September)
  Open from Thursday 4th April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  177 signatures

• Remove guidance on schools telling parents about gender questioning children
  Open from Wednesday 3rd April 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  73 signatures

• Increasing funding to support children with special educational needs
  Open from Tuesday 26th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  24 signatures

• Increase knife crime education and support for youth support and youth centres
  Open from Tuesday 26th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  24 signatures

• Change the income cap for free childcare to an increased, household cap
  Open from Monday 25th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  31 signatures

• Stop classifying SEN Pupils as "Persistently Absent" for medical absences
  Open from Friday 22nd March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  856 signatures

• Increase funding for state schools and teachers' pay
  Open from Thursday 21st March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  66 signatures

• Require schools to provide annual swimming lessons
  Open from Tuesday 19th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  29 signatures

• Require all primary schools to teach makaton
  Open from Tuesday 19th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  25 signatures

• Ban schools from requiring students to take a modern foreign language GCSE
  Open from Monday 18th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  17 signatures

• Allow students to be taken out of school for two weeks a year without penalty
  Open from Friday 15th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  254,530 signatures

• Review statutory ratios in Early Years
  Open from Thursday 14th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  181 signatures

• Extend home fee status British citizens if parents who have paid NI for 5 years+
  Open from Thursday 14th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  38 signatures

• Introduce mandatory welfare checks for children absent from school
  Open from Thursday 14th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  28 signatures

• Create rights to authorised school absence for family events
  Open from Thursday 14th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  197 signatures

• Increase student finance to reflect increased cost of living
  Open from Wednesday 13th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  125 signatures

• Extend free childcare hours to parents who are working on student placements
  Open from Wednesday 13th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  18 signatures

• Ban outside PE in extreme weather
  Open from Wednesday 13th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  50 signatures

• Require Educational Welfare Officers to have relevant SEND training/experience
  Open from Tuesday 12th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  27 signatures

• Keep funding Level 3 qualifications in Criminology
  Open from Tuesday 12th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  47 signatures

• Require schools to have private changing areas for students
  Open from Wednesday 6th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  26 signatures

• Extend rights to home fee status for Children of Turkish Workers/Businesspersons
  Open from Wednesday 6th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  2,641 signatures

• Extend the school summer holidays to 7 weeks
  Open from Wednesday 6th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  18 signatures

• Reform the curriculum to prioritise outdoor learning and the outdoor environment
  Open from Monday 4th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  138 signatures

• Ban attempting to religiously convert or “revert” a child without parent consent
  Open from Monday 4th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  11,191 signatures

• Extend Adventure Activities Licensing to all organisations for under 18s
  Open from Monday 4th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  25 signatures

• Reinstate Martial Arts as one of the approved activities for GCSE PE
  Open from Monday 4th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  10,356 signatures

• Require schools to make all school work digital
  Open from Monday 4th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  12 signatures

• Fund increased pay for Teaching Assistants
  Open from Friday 1st March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  4,133 signatures

• Require one school day a week to start and finish 1.5 hours later than usual
  Open from Friday 1st March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  11 signatures

• Review school rules/sanctions and impact on students
  Open from Thursday 29th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  24 signatures

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