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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• Allow children’s extra curricular activities to continue during November
  Open from Wednesday 11th November 2020 to Tuesday 11th May 2021
  24 signatures

• Fund a national awareness campaign for mental health in schools
  Open from Tuesday 10th November 2020 to Monday 10th May 2021
  28 signatures

• Increase funding to protect children vulnerable to abuse in their homes
  Open from Tuesday 10th November 2020 to Monday 10th May 2021
  28 signatures

• Provide a financial package for students affected by the 2nd lockdown
  Open from Tuesday 10th November 2020 to Monday 10th May 2021
  130 signatures

• Require mandatory training on ASD/ADHD and SEND for teachers
  Open from Tuesday 10th November 2020 to Monday 10th May 2021
  1,709 signatures

• Allow soft play areas and centres to reopen
  Open from Tuesday 10th November 2020 to Monday 10th May 2021
  82 signatures

• Require schools to offer remote learning for children with Tourette’s
  Open from Monday 9th November 2020 to Sunday 9th May 2021
  18 signatures

• Teach about period stigma, poverty and health problems related to periods
  Open from Monday 9th November 2020 to Sunday 9th May 2021
  88 signatures

• Extend rights to access children's school records to all schools and academies
  Open from Monday 9th November 2020 to Sunday 9th May 2021
  29 signatures

• Keep schools open - Give us our right to full time education back
  Open from Monday 9th November 2020 to Sunday 9th May 2021
  8,060 signatures

• Keep all schools and colleges open in England
  Open from Monday 9th November 2020 to Sunday 9th May 2021
  693 signatures

• Force Universities to close commencing National Lockdown on November 5th 2020
  Open from Monday 9th November 2020 to Sunday 9th May 2021
  30 signatures

• Close all Schools and colleges and Universities during second lockdown
  Open from Monday 9th November 2020 to Sunday 9th May 2021
  165 signatures

• Close Schools and Colleges during a second nationwide lockdown
  Open from Friday 6th November 2020 to Thursday 6th May 2021
  259 signatures

• Enable online learning for children who live with those who are vulnerable
  Open from Thursday 5th November 2020 to Wednesday 5th May 2021
  6,033 signatures

• Require universities to fully refund tuition fees for the Autumn term
  Open from Thursday 5th November 2020 to Wednesday 5th May 2021
  635 signatures

• Require schools and exam boards to bring forward results day for autumn exams
  Open from Wednesday 4th November 2020 to Tuesday 4th May 2021
  17 signatures

• Move deadline of secondary school application to end of November.
  Open from Wednesday 4th November 2020 to Tuesday 4th May 2021
  9 signatures

• Introduce a Politics GCSE
  Open from Tuesday 3rd November 2020 to Monday 3rd May 2021
  18 signatures

• Consult year 13s on arrangements for exams in 2021
  Open from Monday 2nd November 2020 to Sunday 2nd May 2021
  20 signatures

• Fully fund schools for Covid-19 costs and provide relief for loss of income
  Open from Monday 2nd November 2020 to Sunday 2nd May 2021
  29,362 signatures

• Fund free school meals over school holidays until April 2021
  Open from Friday 30th October 2020 to Friday 30th April 2021
  60 signatures

• Make the national curriculum more inclusive of LGBT+ content
  Open from Friday 30th October 2020 to Friday 30th April 2021
  325 signatures

• Provide the free school meal entitlement throughout the year.
  Open from Thursday 29th October 2020 to Thursday 29th April 2021
  36 signatures

• Reduce the percentage taken from income when paying off student debt to 5%
  Open from Thursday 29th October 2020 to Thursday 29th April 2021
  16 signatures

• Review language of legislation and policy on children's educational needs
  Open from Wednesday 28th October 2020 to Wednesday 28th April 2021
  33 signatures

• Require secondary schools to start teaching at 10am and end it at 2pm
  Open from Wednesday 28th October 2020 to Wednesday 28th April 2021
  22 signatures

• Add mindfulness, meditation, morality and ethics to the national curriculum
  Open from Wednesday 28th October 2020 to Wednesday 28th April 2021
  60 signatures

• Extend free school meals over the Christmas period
  Open from Wednesday 28th October 2020 to Wednesday 28th April 2021
  71 signatures

• Extend the stay for 2019/2020 International students
  Open from Tuesday 27th October 2020 to Tuesday 27th April 2021
  189 signatures

• Fund free wifi for university students forced into online learning
  Open from Monday 26th October 2020 to Monday 26th April 2021
  481 signatures

• Take action to address the rising levels of child poverty
  Open from Monday 26th October 2020 to Monday 26th April 2021
  581 signatures

• Establish a Public Inquiry into the Chaotic Return to University in 2020
  Open from Monday 26th October 2020 to Monday 26th April 2021
  112 signatures

• Pay university tuition fee direct to students, who will then pay the university
  Open from Monday 26th October 2020 to Monday 26th April 2021
  10 signatures

• Require schools to adopt a part-time attendance rota while Covid-19 is a threat
  Open from Friday 23rd October 2020 to Friday 23rd April 2021
  47 signatures

• Fund 1:1 support for children with ECHPs all year not just term time
  Open from Friday 23rd October 2020 to Friday 23rd April 2021
  1,826 signatures

• Reinstate the ITT bursaries for arts and humanities PGCE
  Open from Thursday 22nd October 2020 to Thursday 22nd April 2021
  1,215 signatures

• Implement Basic Life Support (BLS) as part of Secondary National Curriculum
  Open from Thursday 22nd October 2020 to Thursday 22nd April 2021
  43 signatures

• Reverse changes to teacher training bursaries to prevent loss of teachers
  Open from Tuesday 20th October 2020 to Tuesday 20th April 2021
  330 signatures

• Implement support for university students during Covid-19
  Open from Tuesday 20th October 2020 to Tuesday 20th April 2021
  333 signatures

• Require schools to maintain separate toilets for girls and boys
  Open from Tuesday 20th October 2020 to Tuesday 20th April 2021
  64 signatures

• Update gender identity guidance for schools to support students
  Open from Tuesday 20th October 2020 to Tuesday 20th April 2021
  115 signatures

• Sex education and consent to be mandatory in primary schools
  Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
  315 signatures

• Extend Early Years funding to 39 weeks to allow for staff training
  Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
  446 signatures

• Award 2021 grades based on 50:50 of teacher assessment and exams
  Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
  2,345 signatures

• Cancel NEA A-Level Coursework
  Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
  106 signatures

• Mandatory Autism awareness training for mainstream schools
  Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
  13,483 signatures

• Disability awareness at all levels of national curriculum to prevent bullying
  Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
  46 signatures

• Clarify the new Government RSE & Health Education guidance
  Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
  237 signatures

• Ban schools from posting photos and information of minors on public social media
  Open from Friday 16th October 2020 to Friday 16th April 2021
  548 signatures

• To introduce common disabilities to the curriculum for primary and secondary
  Open from Friday 16th October 2020 to Friday 16th April 2021
  189 signatures

• Review amount of homework schools set and issue guidance limiting this
  Open from Thursday 15th October 2020 to Thursday 15th April 2021
  16 signatures

• Require primary schools to assess all students for learning difficulties
  Open from Thursday 15th October 2020 to Thursday 15th April 2021
  374 signatures

• Lower grade boundaries of 2021 GCSE and A-Level students.
  Open from Thursday 15th October 2020 to Thursday 15th April 2021
  444 signatures

• Require schools to increase plant-based lunch options
  Open from Thursday 15th October 2020 to Thursday 15th April 2021
  468 signatures

• Only let students who can’t work at home to attend school.
  Open from Wednesday 14th October 2020 to Wednesday 14th April 2021
  22 signatures

• Give current yr 11s a choice whether to finish school with their predictions.
  Open from Wednesday 14th October 2020 to Wednesday 14th April 2021
  13 signatures

• End child food poverty – no child should be going hungry
  Open from Wednesday 14th October 2020 to Wednesday 14th April 2021
  1,113,889 signatures

• Abolish unfair & discriminatory admission policy for faith schools
  Open from Wednesday 14th October 2020 to Wednesday 14th April 2021
  14 signatures

• Ban schools from setting mandatory homework over school holidays
  Open from Tuesday 13th October 2020 to Tuesday 13th April 2021
  34 signatures

• Fund all senior schools to provide private changing rooms
  Open from Tuesday 13th October 2020 to Tuesday 13th April 2021
  24 signatures

• Allow children's parties to continue within a class bubble
  Open from Tuesday 13th October 2020 to Tuesday 13th April 2021
  2,013 signatures

• Close schools with confirmed COVID cases
  Open from Tuesday 13th October 2020 to Tuesday 13th April 2021
  62 signatures

• Review how primary schools assess and provide support for children with dyslexia
  Open from Monday 12th October 2020 to Monday 12th April 2021
  1,706 signatures

• Require schools to provide separate changing facilities for girls and boys
  Open from Monday 12th October 2020 to Monday 12th April 2021
  40 signatures

• Prohibit universities from increasing tuition fees during Covid-19
  Open from Monday 12th October 2020 to Monday 12th April 2021
  35 signatures

• Base 2021 GCSE and A-Level Grades on Teacher Considerations and Mock Grades
  Open from Monday 12th October 2020 to Monday 12th April 2021
  2,205 signatures

• Ensure access to school for children with ASDs/mental health issues during Covid
  Open from Friday 9th October 2020 to Friday 9th April 2021
  19 signatures

• Allow temporary homeschooling during the pandemic without losing school place
  Open from Friday 9th October 2020 to Friday 9th April 2021
  1,908 signatures

• Write of student debt for Public Sector Workers
  Open from Friday 9th October 2020 to Friday 9th April 2021
  12 signatures

• Do not postpone A level and GCSE exams as a result of COVID-19
  Open from Thursday 8th October 2020 to Thursday 8th April 2021
  87 signatures

• Abolish homework across all secondary schools
  Open from Thursday 8th October 2020 to Thursday 8th April 2021
  64 signatures

• 15 hour free childcare 1 to 2 year olds.
  Open from Thursday 8th October 2020 to Thursday 8th April 2021
  36 signatures

• Provide funding to make all secondary schools in England wheelchair accessible
  Open from Thursday 8th October 2020 to Thursday 8th April 2021
  136 signatures

• Require local authorities to offer EHCPs to all children with a disability
  Open from Wednesday 7th October 2020 to Wednesday 7th April 2021
  419 signatures

• Ban mandatory uniforms in state schools
  Open from Wednesday 7th October 2020 to Wednesday 7th April 2021
  160 signatures

• Priority testing for students if their bubble has confirmed Covid Case
  Open from Wednesday 7th October 2020 to Wednesday 7th April 2021
  48 signatures

• Retract DfE guidance banning use of anti-capitalist material in schools
  Open from Tuesday 6th October 2020 to Tuesday 6th April 2021
  850 signatures

• Student loan interest rates cut to 1% above base & have an interest rate holiday
  Open from Tuesday 6th October 2020 to Tuesday 6th April 2021
  35 signatures

• Free 30 hours childcare to start from the child's 3rd birthday not a term after
  Open from Tuesday 6th October 2020 to Tuesday 6th April 2021
  107 signatures

• Reimburse parents for school uniform purchased should schools close again.
  Open from Tuesday 6th October 2020 to Tuesday 6th April 2021
  67 signatures

• Schools to have the funding for a full time teaching assistant in every class.
  Open from Monday 5th October 2020 to Monday 5th April 2021
  1,614 signatures

• Inclusion of a Mental Wellbeing & Emotional Wealth Standalone GCSE in schools
  Open from Monday 5th October 2020 to Monday 5th April 2021
  16 signatures

• Reduce University student tuition fees from £9250 to £3000
  Open from Monday 5th October 2020 to Monday 5th April 2021
  581,287 signatures

• Freeze interest paid to the student loan company (SLC) whilst on maternity
  Open from Monday 5th October 2020 to Monday 5th April 2021
  33 signatures

• Provide 5 days a week free childcare for ages 0-4 for all working parents
  Open from Monday 5th October 2020 to Monday 5th April 2021
  67 signatures

• Require university campuses to close to stop the spread of COVID-19
  Open from Monday 5th October 2020 to Monday 5th April 2021
  308 signatures

• Government subsidise this year's university tuition fees
  Open from Monday 5th October 2020 to Monday 5th April 2021
  1,918 signatures

• Lower university tuition fees for students until online teaching ends
  Open from Monday 5th October 2020 to Monday 5th April 2021
  171,137 signatures

• Require Universities to partially refund tuition fees for 19/20 due to Covid-19
  Open from Monday 5th October 2020 to Monday 5th April 2021
  101 signatures

• Implement a two week school lockdown before 24 December to save Christmas
  Open from Friday 2nd October 2020 to Friday 2nd April 2021
  125,227 signatures

• Fund universities to provide a laptop to all students whose tuition is online
  Open from Thursday 1st October 2020 to Thursday 1st April 2021
  22 signatures

• Award A Level Private Candidates Denied CAG's Their UCAS Predicted Grades.
  Open from Thursday 1st October 2020 to Thursday 1st April 2021
  63 signatures

• Make a Fairer System for Creating A level and GCSE Results
  Open from Thursday 1st October 2020 to Thursday 1st April 2021
  37 signatures

• Lower Grade Boundaries for A-Level October Exams
  Open from Thursday 1st October 2020 to Thursday 1st April 2021
  1,009 signatures

• Require exam bodies to return marked papers
  Open from Thursday 1st October 2020 to Thursday 1st April 2021
  13 signatures

• Make P.E. optional for Secondary Schools on return in September.
  Open from Wednesday 30th September 2020 to Tuesday 30th March 2021
  15 signatures

• Require 2 metre social distancing at schools
  Open from Wednesday 30th September 2020 to Tuesday 30th March 2021
  23 signatures

• Introduce Human and Child Rights (covering the UNCRC) to the primary curriculum
  Open from Wednesday 30th September 2020 to Tuesday 30th March 2021
  15 signatures

• Keep 30 hours free childcare if parents lose their job due to Covid
  Open from Tuesday 29th September 2020 to Monday 29th March 2021
  293 signatures

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