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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• No public funds or tax breaks for schools with faith or gender admissions policy
  Open from Monday 17th May 2021 to Wednesday 17th November 2021
  35 signatures

• Increase funding for local authorities to assess and support Autistic children
  Open from Monday 17th May 2021 to Wednesday 17th November 2021
  2,175 signatures

• Remove requirements for collective worship in state schools
  Open from Thursday 13th May 2021 to Saturday 13th November 2021
  41 signatures

• Ban use of isolation booths in schools
  Open from Thursday 13th May 2021 to Saturday 13th November 2021
  114 signatures

• End forced adoption
  Open from Thursday 13th May 2021 to Saturday 13th November 2021
  259 signatures

• Require schools teach about contributions of South Asian and Black people in WW1
  Open from Thursday 13th May 2021 to Saturday 13th November 2021
  64 signatures

• Fund a £400 bonus for every teacher required to mark externally-set exams
  Open from Wednesday 12th May 2021 to Friday 12th November 2021
  3,014 signatures

• Make it compulsory to teach about Female Genital Mutilation in primary schools
  Open from Wednesday 12th May 2021 to Friday 12th November 2021
  13 signatures

• Abolish tuition fees & replace them with public funding for further education.
  Open from Tuesday 11th May 2021 to Thursday 11th November 2021
  114 signatures

• Make care leaver bursaries for higher education available to ages 25+
  Open from Tuesday 11th May 2021 to Thursday 11th November 2021
  26 signatures

• Require schools to teach feminism as part of the national curriculum
  Open from Monday 10th May 2021 to Wednesday 10th November 2021
  118 signatures

• Extend local authorities' duty to support young people with EHCPs to age 27
  Open from Friday 7th May 2021 to Sunday 7th November 2021
  39 signatures

• Revoke guidance on social distancing and bubbles in schools
  Open from Friday 7th May 2021 to Sunday 7th November 2021
  41 signatures

• Include Dry Slope (artificial slope) Skiing & Snowboarding in GCSE PE
  Open from Friday 7th May 2021 to Sunday 7th November 2021
  1,377 signatures

• Fund an Esports program for schools similar to the US and Canada
  Open from Thursday 6th May 2021 to Saturday 6th November 2021
  11 signatures

• Replace Religious Education with a life skills subject
  Open from Thursday 6th May 2021 to Saturday 6th November 2021
  14 signatures

• Decolonise the UK curriculum and make it more diverse
  Open from Thursday 6th May 2021 to Saturday 6th November 2021
  294 signatures

• All British students should be entitled to home fee status.
  Open from Thursday 6th May 2021 to Saturday 6th November 2021
  2,309 signatures

• Add CPR, Basic Life Support and Defib Training to National Curriculum for 14+
  Open from Thursday 6th May 2021 to Saturday 6th November 2021
  3,565 signatures

• Abolish University Tuition Fees For All Students
  Open from Thursday 6th May 2021 to Saturday 6th November 2021
  180 signatures

• Replace “Special Educational Needs” within the Children & Families Act (2014).
  Open from Wednesday 5th May 2021 to Friday 5th November 2021
  370 signatures

• Close all schools until COVID-19 is 100% gone
  Open from Tuesday 4th May 2021 to Thursday 4th November 2021
  37 signatures

• Fund Increased Pay Rise for Teachers
  Open from Tuesday 4th May 2021 to Thursday 4th November 2021
  64 signatures

• Increase funding for teacher training & equipment to support left-handed pupils
  Open from Friday 30th April 2021 to Saturday 30th October 2021
  15 signatures

• Add the British National Anthem to the National Curriculum
  Open from Friday 30th April 2021 to Saturday 30th October 2021
  11 signatures

• Introduce a ‘mental health day’ as a valid reason to be absent from school
  Open from Friday 30th April 2021 to Saturday 30th October 2021
  14 signatures

• Abolish Homework in Every School
  Open from Friday 30th April 2021 to Saturday 30th October 2021
  102 signatures

• Create legal requirements for schools to reduce, reuse and recycle
  Open from Thursday 29th April 2021 to Friday 29th October 2021
  38 signatures

• More Funding For SEN Children To Access Appropriate School Provisions
  Open from Thursday 29th April 2021 to Friday 29th October 2021
  6,182 signatures

• Children under school age not to be included in restrictions on gatherings
  Open from Thursday 29th April 2021 to Friday 29th October 2021
  56 signatures

• Change the Student Finance criteria to better help independent people.
  Open from Thursday 29th April 2021 to Friday 29th October 2021
  16 signatures

• Introduce a statutory Mental Health Policy to all schools in England
  Open from Wednesday 28th April 2021 to Thursday 28th October 2021
  833 signatures

• Make the teaching of Black history compulsory in primary and secondary schools.
  Open from Wednesday 28th April 2021 to Thursday 28th October 2021
  73 signatures

• Increase the amount of content on sexism in the PSHE national curriculum.
  Open from Tuesday 27th April 2021 to Wednesday 27th October 2021
  19 signatures

• Make the Cambodian genocide required teaching in the secondary curriculum
  Open from Monday 26th April 2021 to Tuesday 26th October 2021
  16 signatures

• Review availability of places in secure children's homes
  Open from Friday 23rd April 2021 to Saturday 23rd October 2021
  15 signatures

• Include sexual assault mitigation in the curriculum, save women from violence
  Open from Wednesday 21st April 2021 to Thursday 21st October 2021
  27 signatures

• Make the education of sexual consent, assault & rape compulsory in junior school
  Open from Tuesday 20th April 2021 to Wednesday 20th October 2021
  159 signatures

• Increase the minimum legal allocation of protected PPA time to 20%
  Open from Monday 19th April 2021 to Tuesday 19th October 2021
  132 signatures

• Reduce student loan debt and interest to mitigate the impact of Covid-19
  Open from Monday 19th April 2021 to Tuesday 19th October 2021
  173 signatures

• Do not allow ESFA to clawback any funding for Adult Education budget
  Open from Monday 19th April 2021 to Tuesday 19th October 2021
  5,315 signatures

• Provide optional schooling for children with special needs during school breaks
  Open from Friday 16th April 2021 to Saturday 16th October 2021
  54 signatures

• Ban the serving of red & processed meats in schools and nurseries
  Open from Friday 16th April 2021 to Saturday 16th October 2021
  140 signatures

• Get rid of Ofsted
  Open from Thursday 15th April 2021 to Friday 15th October 2021
  51 signatures

• Introduce prison cell visits for students - help reduce knife crime.
  Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
  462 signatures

• Student Finance England loans to be interest free (future and existing)
  Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
  26 signatures

• Grant University Home Fee Status to Holders of British National Overseas Visas
  Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
  1,863 signatures

• Give all children the option of blended/online learning in the future
  Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
  1,258 signatures

• To ensure every child has access to a qualified counsellor within school.
  Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
  2,487 signatures

• Provide free childcare to working parents for children over 9 months.
  Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
  2,767 signatures

• Extend 30 hrs free childcare for 3 & 4 year olds to those earning over £100,000
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  15 signatures

• Change the Early Years funding to start the month after a child turns 2 or 3
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  1,821 signatures

• Require equal coverage of women’s achievements in the National Curriculum
  Open from Monday 12th April 2021 to Tuesday 12th October 2021
  64 signatures

• Allow all students to return to university at the start of the Summer term
  Open from Monday 12th April 2021 to Tuesday 12th October 2021
  11,302 signatures

• End CMS loop-holes for parents who hide their income through Limited Companies.
  Open from Monday 12th April 2021 to Tuesday 12th October 2021
  160 signatures

• Confirm arrangements for 2022 GCSE, A-level and BTEC exams by summer 2021
  Open from Friday 9th April 2021 to Saturday 9th October 2021
  143 signatures

• Make British Sign Language a language option in the national curriculum
  Open from Friday 9th April 2021 to Saturday 9th October 2021
  324 signatures

• Extend eligibility for free prescriptions to all students in full time education
  Open from Thursday 8th April 2021 to Friday 8th October 2021
  34 signatures

• Make school uniform optional for students in secondary schools.
  Open from Thursday 8th April 2021 to Friday 8th October 2021
  205 signatures

• Match Scotland’s "Plan 1" student loan repayment threshold of £25k
  Open from Wednesday 7th April 2021 to Thursday 7th October 2021
  14 signatures

• Require schools to teach about environmental conservation
  Open from Tuesday 6th April 2021 to Wednesday 6th October 2021
  33 signatures

• Anti-racism lessons should be made compulsory in schools
  Open from Tuesday 6th April 2021 to Wednesday 6th October 2021
  127 signatures

• Make British Sign Language (BSL) a compulsory subject in the national curriculum
  Open from Tuesday 6th April 2021 to Wednesday 6th October 2021
  86 signatures

• Ban the use of face masks in schools
  Open from Thursday 1st April 2021 to Friday 1st October 2021
  38,080 signatures

• Extend the Maintenance loan to cover part time distance learning students
  Open from Thursday 1st April 2021 to Friday 1st October 2021
  280 signatures

• Increase awareness of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in UK schools
  Open from Thursday 1st April 2021 to Friday 1st October 2021
  1,236 signatures

• Give residents with FLR (FP) status access to home fees for health degrees
  Open from Thursday 1st April 2021 to Friday 1st October 2021
  44 signatures

• Offer all students the full maintenance loan no matter what their parents earn.
  Open from Wednesday 31st March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  29 signatures

• Give pre-settled EU students access to home fees
  Open from Wednesday 31st March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  96 signatures

• Include infertility and the effects in the national curriculum
  Open from Wednesday 31st March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  233 signatures

• Reallocate the £350 million from the NTP to schools to support pupils directly
  Open from Wednesday 31st March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  30 signatures

• Introduce Human Trafficking awareness into the National Curriculum
  Open from Wednesday 31st March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  35 signatures

• Modify arrangements for Home Education of children with an EHCP
  Open from Tuesday 30th March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  57 signatures

• Introduce an optional philosophy GCSE into the current Key Stage 4 curriculum
  Open from Tuesday 30th March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  478 signatures

• Create more curriculum around diversity and inclusion within secondary schools.
  Open from Tuesday 30th March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  77 signatures

• Provide dairy-free alternatives as part of the national milk scheme for under 5s
  Open from Tuesday 30th March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  10,445 signatures

• Lateral Flow Test (LFT) made compulsory in Secondary Schools for all.
  Open from Monday 29th March 2021 to Wednesday 29th September 2021
  13 signatures

• Organise and fund a 6-week 'Summer of Fun' for children and young people
  Open from Monday 29th March 2021 to Wednesday 29th September 2021
  25 signatures

• Give 2022/2023 GCSE students a choice between exams or teacher assessed grades
  Open from Monday 29th March 2021 to Wednesday 29th September 2021
  39 signatures

• Require schools to allow pupils to wear PE kit for the full day on PE day
  Open from Monday 29th March 2021 to Wednesday 29th September 2021
  981 signatures

• Create a mandatory Financial Education subject at secondary
  Open from Monday 29th March 2021 to Wednesday 29th September 2021
  19 signatures

• Ensure A-level grades are not lower than previously awarded AS-level grades
  Open from Monday 29th March 2021 to Wednesday 29th September 2021
  108 signatures

• Create an Events Cancellation Fund for the events sector
  Open from Monday 29th March 2021 to Wednesday 29th September 2021
  26 signatures

• Give students who got A-level results in 2020 options for alternative grades
  Open from Friday 26th March 2021 to Sunday 26th September 2021
  103 signatures

• Consider to reintroduce maintenance grants for students going to university
  Open from Thursday 25th March 2021 to Saturday 25th September 2021
  10 signatures

• Require schools to have a gender-neutral uniform policy
  Open from Wednesday 24th March 2021 to Friday 24th September 2021
  85 signatures

• Offer 15hrs free childcare for multiples under 3 years
  Open from Wednesday 24th March 2021 to Friday 24th September 2021
  13,808 signatures

• Extend free school meals for all current Year 2 pupils for another year
  Open from Wednesday 24th March 2021 to Friday 24th September 2021
  22 signatures

• Provide funding to improve the quality of teaching in schools of sexual violence
  Open from Tuesday 23rd March 2021 to Thursday 23rd September 2021
  38 signatures

• Exclude assessments taken during lockdown from teacher assessed grades
  Open from Monday 22nd March 2021 to Wednesday 22nd September 2021
  39 signatures

• Lift the cap on university places for 2021/22 due to impact of COVID-19
  Open from Monday 22nd March 2021 to Wednesday 22nd September 2021
  23 signatures

• Extend DfE and Ofsted oversight to private schools
  Open from Friday 19th March 2021 to Sunday 19th September 2021
  37 signatures

• Prevent Functional Skill Qualification (FSQ)/ESOL exams taking place in 2021
  Open from Friday 19th March 2021 to Sunday 19th September 2021
  1,300 signatures

• Extend free childcare to Tier 2 visa holders
  Open from Thursday 18th March 2021 to Saturday 18th September 2021
  195 signatures

• Give Students the Choice Between predicted Grades or Teacher Assessed Grades
  Open from Thursday 18th March 2021 to Saturday 18th September 2021
  37 signatures

• Provide free state-run childcare for all parents with children under 18
  Open from Thursday 18th March 2021 to Saturday 18th September 2021
  20 signatures

• Make Government and Politics compulsory at Secondary School including for GCSE
  Open from Thursday 18th March 2021 to Saturday 18th September 2021
  441 signatures

• Do not cut UK higher education Arts Funding
  Open from Thursday 18th March 2021 to Saturday 18th September 2021
  37,172 signatures

• Mandatory self-defence classes as part of school curriculum
  Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
  193 signatures

• Require schools across England to start the school day at 10am.
  Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
  20 signatures

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