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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• Provide financial support to A-level and GCSE examiners.
  Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
  43 signatures

• Allow teacher predicted grades for NVQ/VRQ qualifications so it is fair.
  Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
  27 signatures

• External candidates should be given predicted grades as their final grades.
  Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
  34 signatures

• Fund extending the free period product scheme to include University Students.
  Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
  16 signatures

• Fund £500 bonus for Early Years Practitioners in England as key workers
  Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
  48 signatures

• Fund an additional year of study for university students
  Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
  44 signatures

• Keep all nurseries and early years settings open during lockdown
  Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
  739 signatures

• Suspend Ofsted Inspections for Schools and Local Authorities in 2021
  Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
  69 signatures

• Offer GCSE and A level students the option to sit their exams at a later date
  Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
  23 signatures

• Early years - support the sector, fund Covid costs and provide regular testing
  Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
  112 signatures

• Remove children with EHCPs from list of vulnerable children

• Fund a PC laptop for remote learning for every child/student
  Open from Tuesday 12th January 2021 to Monday 12th July 2021
  364 signatures

• Wipe all student loans for teachers and NHS staff
  Open from Tuesday 12th January 2021 to Monday 12th July 2021
  15 signatures

• Provide routine Covid tests for Early Years and prioritise staff for vaccination
  Open from Tuesday 12th January 2021 to Monday 12th July 2021
  207 signatures

• Leave Reception class in schools open during a COVID England wide lockdown
  Open from Tuesday 12th January 2021 to Monday 12th July 2021
  399 signatures

• Allow teachers to give 'Access' students predicted grades
  Open from Tuesday 12th January 2021 to Monday 12th July 2021
  69 signatures

• Review 2022 exam arrangements for GCSEs and A-levels
  Open from Tuesday 12th January 2021 to Monday 12th July 2021
  398 signatures

• Keep 'After School Activities' & Youth Work, open for children in lockdown
  Open from Monday 11th January 2021 to Sunday 11th July 2021
  24 signatures

• Prevent spread of Covid in schools with planned breaks through the school term.
  Open from Monday 11th January 2021 to Sunday 11th July 2021
  16 signatures

• 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

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