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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• Parental rights should be lost if you don't contact your child for a year.
  Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
  17 signatures

• Remove recommendation that face coverings be used in classrooms
  Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
  33 signatures

• Require schools to provide online classes as an option to all children
  Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
  18 signatures

• Allow grades for students with memory loss to be set by continual assessment
  Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
  478 signatures

• Place Defibrillators and handheld Face pumps into all schools.
  Open from Tuesday 16th March 2021 to Thursday 16th September 2021
  112 signatures

• Allow schools to decide what meals they provide
  Open from Tuesday 16th March 2021 to Thursday 16th September 2021
  153 signatures

• Introduce character education to the curriculum under PSHE
  Open from Tuesday 16th March 2021 to Thursday 16th September 2021
  351 signatures

• Generically Rebrand the Turing Scheme
  Open from Tuesday 16th March 2021 to Thursday 16th September 2021
  58 signatures

• Grandparents have legal rights to see grandchildren.
  Open from Tuesday 16th March 2021 to Thursday 16th September 2021
  324 signatures

• Let Our Children Learn About Peace through the educational curriculum
  Open from Tuesday 16th March 2021 to Thursday 16th September 2021
  22 signatures

• Change the title of Special Schools to Support Schools.
  Open from Friday 12th March 2021 to Sunday 12th September 2021
  32 signatures

• Provide free breakfast club provision for all primary school children.

• ALL GCSEs to be optional not compulsory, allowing equal value to ALL subjects
  Open from Friday 12th March 2021 to Sunday 12th September 2021
  27 signatures

• Introduce Covid-19 testing in primary schools in England for all staff & pupils.
  Open from Friday 12th March 2021 to Sunday 12th September 2021
  34 signatures

• Scrap national exams for Key Stage 4 permanently
  Open from Friday 12th March 2021 to Sunday 12th September 2021
  32 signatures

• Add parental alienation to the curriculum with mandatory training for teachers
  Open from Wednesday 10th March 2021 to Friday 10th September 2021
  362 signatures

• Make psychology a mandatory subject in the secondary school curriculum
  Open from Wednesday 10th March 2021 to Friday 10th September 2021
  84 signatures

• Increase curriculum content about water safety as part of swimming lessons
  Open from Tuesday 9th March 2021 to Thursday 9th September 2021
  108,196 signatures

• Require schools to operate a 4 day week
  Open from Tuesday 9th March 2021 to Thursday 9th September 2021
  24 signatures

• Require all teachers and TAs to have basic mental health training
  Open from Tuesday 9th March 2021 to Thursday 9th September 2021
  30 signatures

• Allow all parents studying at university to receive the Child Care Grant (CCG).
  Open from Monday 8th March 2021 to Wednesday 8th September 2021
  40 signatures

• Do not impose new free speech conditions on higher education
  Open from Monday 8th March 2021 to Wednesday 8th September 2021
  44 signatures

• Add Yoga to the School Curriculum
  Open from Monday 8th March 2021 to Wednesday 8th September 2021
  3,157 signatures

• Cancel Easter school holidays to allow kids to stay in school
  Open from Monday 8th March 2021 to Wednesday 8th September 2021
  11 signatures

• Cancel all GCSE, AS and A level exams until 2024.
  Open from Monday 8th March 2021 to Wednesday 8th September 2021
  38 signatures

• Set a date for when non-practical university students can return to campus
  Open from Friday 5th March 2021 to Sunday 5th September 2021
  2,170 signatures

• Do not make it mandatory to wear a mask in the classroom
  Open from Thursday 4th March 2021 to Saturday 4th September 2021
  4,442 signatures

• Tuition Fee Compensation for International Students in UK Universities
  Open from Tuesday 2nd March 2021 to Thursday 2nd September 2021
  36,222 signatures

• Allow families to take children out of school for a holiday this year only
  Open from Tuesday 2nd March 2021 to Thursday 2nd September 2021
  14 signatures

• Increase the legal age of adulthood for vulnerable & looked after persons
  Open from Monday 1st March 2021 to Wednesday 1st September 2021
  54 signatures

• Put more funding into music, drama, and dance education.
  Open from Monday 1st March 2021 to Wednesday 1st September 2021
  33 signatures

• The UK Government should not fine parents for taking children on holiday.
  Open from Friday 26th February 2021 to Thursday 26th August 2021
  62 signatures

• Delay the return of school to the 22nd of march to keep students and staff safe
  Open from Friday 26th February 2021 to Thursday 26th August 2021
  29 signatures

• End the academic year at Easter for this year’s Upper Sixth and Year 11
  Open from Thursday 25th February 2021 to Wednesday 25th August 2021
  1,659 signatures

• Limit when welfare assessments under the Children Act 1989 can be conducted
  Open from Thursday 25th February 2021 to Wednesday 25th August 2021
  36 signatures

• Don’t re-open schools until all staff have been vaccinated
  Open from Wednesday 24th February 2021 to Tuesday 24th August 2021
  45 signatures

• Disallow Teacher Assessed Grades lower than a 5 for 2021 GCSEs and A-Levels
  Open from Wednesday 24th February 2021 to Tuesday 24th August 2021
  21 signatures

• Cancel the school 20/21 year for primary pupils. Repeat the years in 21/22.
  Open from Wednesday 24th February 2021 to Tuesday 24th August 2021
  17 signatures

• Don’t re-open schools until September
  Open from Tuesday 23rd February 2021 to Monday 23rd August 2021
  32 signatures

• Lower tuition fees to a minimum £5,000 for University students during covid-19.
  Open from Tuesday 23rd February 2021 to Monday 23rd August 2021
  488 signatures

• Fund study of Allied Health Professional University courses
  Open from Tuesday 23rd February 2021 to Monday 23rd August 2021
  19 signatures

• Don’t send students back until mid April, to ensure a definite decrease in cases
  Open from Tuesday 23rd February 2021 to Monday 23rd August 2021
  24 signatures

• Scrap plans to write off historic child support debts.
  Open from Monday 22nd February 2021 to Sunday 22nd August 2021
  812 signatures

• Fund free school meals for all children
  Open from Friday 19th February 2021 to Thursday 19th August 2021
  23 signatures

• Include the harmful environmental impact of plastic waste on the curriculum
  Open from Thursday 18th February 2021 to Wednesday 18th August 2021
  136 signatures

• Teach two languages to every child as part of the National Curriculum
  Open from Thursday 18th February 2021 to Wednesday 18th August 2021
  41 signatures

• Extend school period product scheme to help young people being home schooled.
  Open from Thursday 18th February 2021 to Wednesday 18th August 2021
  16 signatures

• Reduce university tuition fees to £3500 for health care courses during COVID-19
  Open from Thursday 18th February 2021 to Wednesday 18th August 2021
  41 signatures

• Require schools to extend the summer holidays by 3 weeks
  Open from Wednesday 17th February 2021 to Tuesday 17th August 2021
  26 signatures

• Tell students in advance topics on proposed teacher marked tests.
  Open from Wednesday 17th February 2021 to Tuesday 17th August 2021
  20 signatures

• Reimburse creative art students who can't access to equipment during lockdown
  Open from Wednesday 17th February 2021 to Tuesday 17th August 2021
  196 signatures

• Change the school exam grading system to year round progressive assessment
  Open from Wednesday 17th February 2021 to Tuesday 17th August 2021
  13 signatures

• Provide more funding to schools for mental health programmes
  Open from Wednesday 17th February 2021 to Tuesday 17th August 2021
  770 signatures

• Give all primary and secondary school children free travel to & from school
  Open from Wednesday 17th February 2021 to Tuesday 17th August 2021
  36 signatures

• Stop adding interest to student loans during maternity/paternity leave
  Open from Wednesday 17th February 2021 to Tuesday 17th August 2021
  68 signatures

• Offer an additional year of SFE funding for students impacted by the pandemic
  Open from Tuesday 16th February 2021 to Monday 16th August 2021
  13 signatures

• Do not cut school holidays or extend the school day
  Open from Tuesday 16th February 2021 to Monday 16th August 2021
  1,241 signatures

• Extend the school year into the summer holidays by at least two weeks
  Open from Tuesday 16th February 2021 to Monday 16th August 2021
  17 signatures

• Implement teaching of eating disorders into science curriculum for key stage 3+
  Open from Tuesday 16th February 2021 to Monday 16th August 2021
  119 signatures

• Provide funding/grants/bursaries/student loans for Play Therapy Training
  Open from Monday 15th February 2021 to Sunday 15th August 2021
  38 signatures

• Make taxation a compulsory part of the National Curriculum
  Open from Monday 15th February 2021 to Sunday 15th August 2021
  21 signatures

• Free childcare for 2 year olds, for all parents in higher education
  Open from Monday 15th February 2021 to Sunday 15th August 2021
  12 signatures

• Supply IT devices and data support for remote learning for pupils at KS1
  Open from Monday 15th February 2021 to Sunday 15th August 2021
  51 signatures

• Extend eligibility for all student finance to people over the age of 60
  Open from Monday 15th February 2021 to Sunday 15th August 2021
  13 signatures

• Permanently change the examination system - no final exams but a final grade.
  Open from Monday 15th February 2021 to Sunday 15th August 2021
  379 signatures

• Introduce a mandatory Sex Education GCSE
  Open from Friday 12th February 2021 to Thursday 12th August 2021
  29 signatures

• Do not reduce funding for higher education courses such as media studies
  Open from Friday 12th February 2021 to Thursday 12th August 2021
  24 signatures

• Implement Takaful model to allow Muslims to attend University
  Open from Friday 12th February 2021 to Thursday 12th August 2021
  191 signatures

• Ban schools from setting compulsory homework until sixth form
  Open from Friday 12th February 2021 to Thursday 12th August 2021
  18 signatures

• Keep schools closed until May
  Open from Thursday 11th February 2021 to Wednesday 11th August 2021
  149,470 signatures

• Introduce education about the pay gap in the National Curriculum
  Open from Thursday 11th February 2021 to Wednesday 11th August 2021
  12 signatures

• Improve postgraduate degree loans by covering full tuition and maintenance
  Open from Wednesday 10th February 2021 to Tuesday 10th August 2021
  91 signatures

• Fund a one-off payment of £1,000 to all teachers
  Open from Tuesday 9th February 2021 to Monday 9th August 2021
  16 signatures

• The Government should ensure the Turing scheme is as effective as Erasmus
  Open from Monday 8th February 2021 to Sunday 8th August 2021
  33 signatures

• Have schools reopen after February half term, in England, as promised.
  Open from Friday 5th February 2021 to Thursday 5th August 2021
  216 signatures

• Make CCTV on school buses carrying children with disabilities mandatory.
  Open from Friday 5th February 2021 to Thursday 5th August 2021
  8,989 signatures

• Don’t allow the use of externally-set exams for 2021 grades
  Open from Wednesday 3rd February 2021 to Tuesday 3rd August 2021
  10,386 signatures

• End the Digital Divide for children in the UK
  Open from Wednesday 3rd February 2021 to Tuesday 3rd August 2021
  2,798 signatures

• Allow children to retake the school year to catch-up
  Open from Tuesday 2nd February 2021 to Monday 2nd August 2021
  92 signatures

• Change the school year to start from 1st January
  Open from Monday 1st February 2021 to Sunday 1st August 2021
  15 signatures

• Ban unaccompanied adults from all childrens' play areas.
  Open from Monday 1st February 2021 to Sunday 1st August 2021
  35 signatures

• Do not fully re-open schools until all indoor mixing is safe to be resumed
  Open from Monday 1st February 2021 to Sunday 1st August 2021
  1,222 signatures

• Change the two year NQT induction period back to one year.
  Open from Monday 1st February 2021 to Sunday 1st August 2021
  76 signatures

• Grant Payment To Parents Helping Kids During Home Learning
  Open from Monday 1st February 2021 to Sunday 1st August 2021
  463 signatures

• Use Centre-Assessed-Grades for the 2021 A-Level, AS Level and GCSE grades.
  Open from Thursday 28th January 2021 to Wednesday 28th July 2021
  10 signatures

• Fund free broadband and heating bills during school closures
  Open from Wednesday 27th January 2021 to Tuesday 27th July 2021
  96 signatures

• Waive all student loans and reimburse all clinical training fees for NHS staff
  Open from Wednesday 27th January 2021 to Tuesday 27th July 2021
  895 signatures

• Reverse fines & de-registrations for pupils not attending school in 2020
  Open from Wednesday 27th January 2021 to Tuesday 27th July 2021
  156 signatures

• Hold an inquiry into contracts providing relief food packages
  Open from Wednesday 27th January 2021 to Tuesday 27th July 2021
  51 signatures

• Include Polish as a language option in the national curriculum
  Open from Tuesday 26th January 2021 to Monday 26th July 2021
  16 signatures

• Ensure that home educated children can receive exam grades
  Open from Monday 25th January 2021 to Sunday 25th July 2021
  20 signatures

• Introduce statutory regulation of all providers of distance learning
  Open from Monday 25th January 2021 to Sunday 25th July 2021
  13 signatures

• Children to attend school during lockdown while parents are in education
  Open from Monday 25th January 2021 to Sunday 25th July 2021
  23 signatures

• Prohibit any exams from taking place during the Covid-19 outbreak
  Open from Monday 25th January 2021 to Sunday 25th July 2021
  725 signatures

• Fund free childcare for all pre-school pupils
  Open from Monday 25th January 2021 to Sunday 25th July 2021
  39 signatures

• Offer weekly Covid-19 testing to all school staff
  Open from Monday 25th January 2021 to Sunday 25th July 2021
  9 signatures

• Fund paid time off work for parents who have to home school
  Open from Friday 22nd January 2021 to Thursday 22nd July 2021
  11 signatures

• Ensure work completed since Christmas is not used for exam results
  Open from Friday 22nd January 2021 to Thursday 22nd July 2021
  7 signatures

• Make 2022 GCSE Courses half coursework and half exam
  Open from Friday 22nd January 2021 to Thursday 22nd July 2021
  249 signatures

• Cancel BTEC summer exams
  Open from Friday 22nd January 2021 to Thursday 22nd July 2021
  141 signatures

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