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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• Make Home Economics mandatory in the National Curriculum.
  Open from Monday 11th January 2021 to Sunday 11th July 2021
  23 signatures

• Epileptic seizure first aid for all staff in childcare and education settings
  Open from Monday 11th January 2021 to Sunday 11th July 2021
  35 signatures

• Reduce content for 2022 A-level and GCSE exams
  Open from Monday 11th January 2021 to Sunday 11th July 2021
  11,832 signatures

• Remove requirement for online learning for students
  Open from Monday 11th January 2021 to Sunday 11th July 2021
  27 signatures

• Only open Early Years settings for key workers, vulnerable or SEN children
  Open from Monday 11th January 2021 to Sunday 11th July 2021
  498 signatures

• Suspend 2021 school summer holidays - children to catch up from missed termtime.
  Open from Monday 11th January 2021 to Sunday 11th July 2021
  196 signatures

• Make grants or additional loans available to university students due to Covid-19
  Open from Monday 11th January 2021 to Sunday 11th July 2021
  15 signatures

• Cancel A-level and GCSE exams 2022
  Open from Monday 11th January 2021 to Sunday 11th July 2021
  48,757 signatures

• Ensure private candidates are able to take exams in 2021
  Open from Friday 8th January 2021 to Thursday 8th July 2021
  253 signatures

• All pupils to repeat this current academic year.
  Open from Friday 8th January 2021 to Thursday 8th July 2021
  5,027 signatures

• Make the history curriculum for secondary schools more inclusive of BAME history
  Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
  113 signatures

• Make face masks compulsory for secondary pupils and school staff in classrooms
  Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
  378 signatures

• For the rest of the academic year, only let Year 11 and 13 to return to school
  Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
  16 signatures

• School closures - Review options to monitor and mitigate inequalities of impact
  Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
  128 signatures

• Give current yr 11 & 13 students the option to repeat the year to improve grades
  Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
  29 signatures

• Fund improved neurodiversity diagnosis, identification and support in schools
  Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
  906 signatures

• Include university Art courses in those allowed to remain open
  Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
  59 signatures

• Make student finance available for second degrees in paramedic science
  Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
  647 signatures

• Cancel Vocational Exams NOW
  Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
  622 signatures

• Open primary schools for all children in England
  Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
  133 signatures

• Fund paid placements for all student teachers
  Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
  244 signatures

• Student Loan eligibility for those studying health subjects as a second degree.
  Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
  38 signatures

• Require access for parents paying child maintenance
  Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
  94 signatures

• Introduce a two-week timetabling system for all pupils in Year 10 and above
  Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
  60 signatures

• Provider Relief Scheme to be extended for education providers due to COVID.
  Open from Monday 4th January 2021 to Sunday 4th July 2021
  19 signatures

• Fund improved online education by schools and colleges due to Covid-19
  Open from Monday 4th January 2021 to Sunday 4th July 2021
  21 signatures

• Keep schools open in Tier 4 areas
  Open from Monday 4th January 2021 to Sunday 4th July 2021
  25 signatures

• Do not require schools or nurseries to close in England in 2021
  Open from Monday 4th January 2021 to Sunday 4th July 2021
  59 signatures

• Ongoing 100% business rate relief for all Early Years settings in England
  Open from Monday 4th January 2021 to Sunday 4th July 2021
  2,225 signatures

• Ensure schools get additional staff and facilities for in school covid testing
  Open from Thursday 31st December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  226 signatures

• Close all secondary schools due the risk of catching COVID-19
  Open from Thursday 31st December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  105 signatures

• Provide disadvantaged children with a connected laptop to access home learning
  Open from Thursday 31st December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  165 signatures

• Make Turing scheme placements available for current academic year
  Open from Thursday 31st December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  11 signatures

• Allow all UK Citizens to pay "Home fee status" university fees after Dec 2020
  Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  45 signatures

• Close all schools until after February half-term to stop the spread of Covid-19
  Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  477 signatures

• Fund additional mental health support services for university students
  Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  2,371 signatures

• Cancel GCSE and A-levels in 2021 replace with Course Work and Teacher Assessment
  Open from Tuesday 29th December 2020 to Tuesday 29th June 2021
  157,810 signatures

• Stop the funding cut for salaried route into primary teaching
  Open from Tuesday 29th December 2020 to Tuesday 29th June 2021
  27 signatures

• Include Endometriosis and PCOS to the Secondary National Curriculum
  Open from Tuesday 29th December 2020 to Tuesday 29th June 2021
  2,966 signatures

• Do not start mass testing in schools or require asymptomatic students to isolate
  Open from Tuesday 22nd December 2020 to Tuesday 22nd June 2021
  20,138 signatures

• Grant wraparound and holiday care providers urgent financial support
  Open from Monday 21st December 2020 to Monday 21st June 2021
  11,327 signatures

• Close schools and colleges in areas under tier 4
  Open from Monday 21st December 2020 to Monday 21st June 2021
  90 signatures

• Close schools in Tier 4 areas
  Open from Monday 21st December 2020 to Monday 21st June 2021
  194,882 signatures

• Reopen the RoATP for new Employer Provider Applications
  Open from Monday 21st December 2020 to Monday 21st June 2021
  7 signatures

• Review the Care Leaver Strategy and implement opportunity-based changes.
  Open from Friday 18th December 2020 to Friday 18th June 2021
  27 signatures

• Teach Health and Social Care as a compulsory KS3 subject
  Open from Friday 18th December 2020 to Friday 18th June 2021
  9 signatures

• Introduce a statutory bereavement policy into primary and secondary schools.
  Open from Friday 18th December 2020 to Friday 18th June 2021
  1,829 signatures

• Close schools in areas of tier 3
  Open from Thursday 17th December 2020 to Thursday 17th June 2021
  50 signatures

• Allow student loan holders to suspend their payments for up to 12 months.
  Open from Tuesday 15th December 2020 to Tuesday 15th June 2021
  8 signatures

• Teach the National Anthem starting in Primary Schools.
  Open from Tuesday 15th December 2020 to Tuesday 15th June 2021
  21 signatures

• To create an intermediate tier for GCSEs
  Open from Tuesday 15th December 2020 to Tuesday 15th June 2021
  12 signatures

• Make Media Studies a compulsory subject in UK schools (from an early age).
  Open from Tuesday 15th December 2020 to Tuesday 15th June 2021
  24 signatures

• Reduce interest on ALL extant student loans to zero
  Open from Tuesday 15th December 2020 to Tuesday 15th June 2021
  102 signatures

• Permit remote learning surrounding relaxed Covid rule periods.
  Open from Monday 14th December 2020 to Monday 14th June 2021
  22 signatures

• Require universities to refund for practical courses year 20/21 due to COVID-19
  Open from Monday 14th December 2020 to Monday 14th June 2021
  5,221 signatures

• Stop Bullying in Schools by Training All Teachers to spot Bullying & Harassment
  Open from Friday 11th December 2020 to Friday 11th June 2021
  31 signatures

• Get rid of the required practicals in the 2020-2021 Science GCSE exams
  Open from Friday 11th December 2020 to Friday 11th June 2021
  10 signatures

• Reclose schools for students aged 13 and above
  Open from Friday 11th December 2020 to Friday 11th June 2021
  474 signatures

• Give all teachers a free COVID test at the end of Autumn term
  Open from Thursday 10th December 2020 to Thursday 10th June 2021
  400 signatures

• Ban plastics in schools
  Open from Thursday 10th December 2020 to Thursday 10th June 2021
  23 signatures

• SEN review of curriculum, educational and employment opportunities
  Open from Thursday 10th December 2020 to Thursday 10th June 2021
  793 signatures

• Increase the funding available to schools to support SEND pupils.
  Open from Wednesday 9th December 2020 to Wednesday 9th June 2021
  11 signatures

• Grade GCSEs and A-levels on coursework, with no exams, from 2021 onwards
  Open from Wednesday 9th December 2020 to Wednesday 9th June 2021
  89 signatures

• Close schools except for Year 11s
  Open from Wednesday 9th December 2020 to Wednesday 9th June 2021
  21 signatures

• Make it compulsory for all religions practiced in the UK to be taught in schools
  Open from Tuesday 8th December 2020 to Tuesday 8th June 2021
  96 signatures

• Require schools and colleges to provide gender neutral toilets
  Open from Monday 7th December 2020 to Monday 7th June 2021
  1,063 signatures

• National education recovery plan
  Open from Friday 4th December 2020 to Friday 4th June 2021
  35 signatures

• Increase funding for Special Education Needs schools
  Open from Thursday 3rd December 2020 to Thursday 3rd June 2021
  399 signatures

• Teach about dangers of gang culture in schools
  Open from Thursday 3rd December 2020 to Thursday 3rd June 2021
  150 signatures

• Require schools to offer BTECs at Key Stage 4
  Open from Thursday 3rd December 2020 to Thursday 3rd June 2021
  32 signatures

• Close schools, Colleges and Universities starting 12 December for 6 weeks
  Open from Thursday 3rd December 2020 to Thursday 3rd June 2021
  26 signatures

• Introduce financial support for online education and lifetime learning
  Open from Thursday 3rd December 2020 to Thursday 3rd June 2021
  67 signatures

• Child Maintenance to be paid onto cards that can only be spent on the children.
  Open from Wednesday 2nd December 2020 to Wednesday 2nd June 2021
  87 signatures

• All nurseries and places of education to stay closed after Xmas to 15 January
  Open from Wednesday 2nd December 2020 to Wednesday 2nd June 2021
  49,386 signatures

• Ban schools from separating children by sex for PE and sport
  Open from Wednesday 2nd December 2020 to Wednesday 2nd June 2021
  35 signatures

• Cut student loan interest and link it to CPI inflation as soon as possible
  Open from Wednesday 2nd December 2020 to Wednesday 2nd June 2021
  14 signatures

• Create statutory procedures for sexual offence complaints in all universities
  Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
  420 signatures

• Free meals for Key Workers children and pay back from march till now
  Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
  19 signatures

• Refund ALL University student tuition fees due to lack of quality in education
  Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
  1,398 signatures

• Mandatory family support worker in schools with 25%+ pupils on free school meals
  Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
  142 signatures

• Set a legal minimum temperature to be maintained in school classrooms
  Open from Monday 30th November 2020 to Sunday 30th May 2021
  71 signatures

• Ban secondary schools from starting teaching before 9am
  Open from Monday 30th November 2020 to Sunday 30th May 2021
  41 signatures

• Continue to fund the LGBT anti-bullying scheme in schools.
  Open from Thursday 26th November 2020 to Wednesday 26th May 2021
  516 signatures

• Teachers and school staff to wear masks. Children have temp checked daily.
  Open from Thursday 26th November 2020 to Wednesday 26th May 2021
  14 signatures

• Reimburse student rents for all accommodation not used during this academic year
  Open from Thursday 26th November 2020 to Wednesday 26th May 2021
  40,053 signatures

• Make mental health awareness part of the national curriculum at all levels
  Open from Tuesday 24th November 2020 to Monday 24th May 2021
  159 signatures

• Mandatory for all nursery staff to be trained in Paediatric First Aid
  Open from Tuesday 24th November 2020 to Monday 24th May 2021
  24 signatures

• Reduce student loan debts by the cost of all tuition fees paid during Covid-19
  Open from Tuesday 24th November 2020 to Monday 24th May 2021
  511 signatures

• Make GCSE Citizenship mandatory in Secondary Schools
  Open from Tuesday 24th November 2020 to Monday 24th May 2021
  18 signatures

• Allow adult adoption in the UK
  Open from Monday 23rd November 2020 to Sunday 23rd May 2021
  230 signatures

• GCSE Science should be optional, not compulsory.
  Open from Monday 23rd November 2020 to Sunday 23rd May 2021
  13 signatures

• Only issue Department for Education announcements during working hours
  Open from Friday 20th November 2020 to Thursday 20th May 2021
  501 signatures

• Allow parents to donate their children's free school meals to those in need.
  Open from Thursday 19th November 2020 to Wednesday 19th May 2021
  23 signatures

• Allow all youth sport to continue during lockdowns
  Open from Tuesday 17th November 2020 to Monday 17th May 2021
  95 signatures

• Require all teachers to be trained in the use of makaton
  Open from Tuesday 17th November 2020 to Monday 17th May 2021
  64 signatures

• Give students the option to take exams or receive assessed grades for 2020/21
  Open from Tuesday 17th November 2020 to Monday 17th May 2021
  11,102 signatures

• Make it the law for schools to inform parents/carers of after school detention
  Open from Monday 16th November 2020 to Sunday 16th May 2021
  15 signatures

• Don’t cancel GCSES and A-Levels in 2021
  Open from Friday 13th November 2020 to Thursday 13th May 2021
  615 signatures

• Keep music schools open through COVID19 restrictions
  Open from Thursday 12th November 2020 to Wednesday 12th May 2021
  94 signatures

• Exempt Uni students affected by Covid from being charged interest on loans.
  Open from Wednesday 11th November 2020 to Tuesday 11th May 2021
  103 signatures

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