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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• 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

• Provide funding to increase social distancing on SEN home-to-school transport
  Open from Tuesday 29th September 2020 to Monday 29th March 2021
  26 signatures

• Make a fair, individual Appeals Process against Centre Assessed Grades
  Open from Tuesday 29th September 2020 to Monday 29th March 2021
  289 signatures

• Review and implement reforms to tackle racial disparities in educational outcome
  Open from Monday 28th September 2020 to Sunday 28th March 2021
  44 signatures

• Provide additional funding to schools for Y10-13 mental health support.
  Open from Friday 25th September 2020 to Thursday 25th March 2021
  21 signatures

• Bubbles of six in schools
  Open from Thursday 24th September 2020 to Wednesday 24th March 2021
  27 signatures

• Extend eligibility for student loan refunds to teachers who qualified from 2007
  Open from Wednesday 23rd September 2020 to Tuesday 23rd March 2021
  11 signatures

• Stop sexism - Require schools to offer all sports to all children
  Open from Wednesday 23rd September 2020 to Tuesday 23rd March 2021
  10,673 signatures

• Have a person in all education institutions responsible for dealing with racism
  Open from Tuesday 22nd September 2020 to Monday 22nd March 2021
  55 signatures

• Reclose schools and colleges due to increase in COVID-19 cases
  Open from Tuesday 22nd September 2020 to Monday 22nd March 2021
  428,789 signatures

• Fund for all MA and MSc Courses in England
  Open from Monday 21st September 2020 to Sunday 21st March 2021
  26 signatures

• Stop disclosing salary breakdown to ex-partners
  Open from Monday 21st September 2020 to Sunday 21st March 2021
  17 signatures

• Keep Care Leavers Digitally Connected
  Open from Monday 21st September 2020 to Sunday 21st March 2021
  1,450 signatures

• Reform the Childcare System
  Open from Monday 21st September 2020 to Sunday 21st March 2021
  431 signatures

• Establish an independent SEND Commissioner

• Establish a residential programme of social & practical skills for young people
  Open from Friday 18th September 2020 to Thursday 18th March 2021
  47 signatures

• Fund free meals for vulnerable children in early years settings
  Open from Thursday 17th September 2020 to Wednesday 17th March 2021
  3,673 signatures

• Give parents the right to withdraw their child from relationship study lessons.
  Open from Thursday 17th September 2020 to Wednesday 17th March 2021
  21 signatures

• Update guidance requiring schools to take kids' temperatures at school gates
  Open from Thursday 17th September 2020 to Wednesday 17th March 2021
  36 signatures

• Make it mandatory for parents to wear face masks when on school grounds
  Open from Wednesday 16th September 2020 to Tuesday 16th March 2021
  174 signatures

• Fund college transport
  Open from Wednesday 16th September 2020 to Tuesday 16th March 2021
  115 signatures

• Ban school exclusions after the Covid-19 pandemic
  Open from Wednesday 16th September 2020 to Tuesday 16th March 2021
  126 signatures

• Make it easier for children of migrants to access higher education funding
  Open from Tuesday 15th September 2020 to Monday 15th March 2021
  24 signatures

• Introduce a One-Off Postgraduate Study Grant
  Open from Tuesday 15th September 2020 to Monday 15th March 2021
  18 signatures

• Make the PE and Sport Premium for schools permanent
  Open from Monday 14th September 2020 to Sunday 14th March 2021
  107 signatures

• End Forced Adoption
  Open from Friday 11th September 2020 to Thursday 11th March 2021
  2,169 signatures

• Implement unconscious bias training in the national school curriculum
  Open from Friday 11th September 2020 to Thursday 11th March 2021
  42 signatures

• Create a national social work record system
  Open from Thursday 10th September 2020 to Wednesday 10th March 2021
  15 signatures

• Delay the A level October exams 2020 to allow students to study longer.
  Open from Thursday 10th September 2020 to Wednesday 10th March 2021
  71 signatures

• Delay 2021 GCSE and A-level exams to allow students to catch up.
  Open from Thursday 10th September 2020 to Wednesday 10th March 2021
  137 signatures

• Create fund to support parents who home-school & create national register
  Open from Thursday 10th September 2020 to Wednesday 10th March 2021
  35 signatures

• Reform the national curriculum for drama to include LGBTQ+ and POC stories
  Open from Thursday 10th September 2020 to Wednesday 10th March 2021
  112 signatures

• Review Ofqual's decision to make MFL spoken language assessment an endorsement
  Open from Thursday 10th September 2020 to Wednesday 10th March 2021
  133 signatures

• Introduce weekly Covid-19 testing for school staff and students in England
  Open from Wednesday 9th September 2020 to Tuesday 9th March 2021
  450 signatures

• Require preschools and schools to educate under 5s on learning difficulties
  Open from Wednesday 9th September 2020 to Tuesday 9th March 2021
  234 signatures

• Test all schoolchildren in England weekly for Covid-19
  Open from Tuesday 8th September 2020 to Monday 8th March 2021
  29 signatures

• Change A-level grades awarded from CAGs to UCAS predicted grades where higher
  Open from Tuesday 8th September 2020 to Monday 8th March 2021
  15,088 signatures

• Require local exam centres to accept home-educated students for public exams
  Open from Tuesday 8th September 2020 to Monday 8th March 2021
  10,806 signatures

• Make Computer Science, Programming and AI mandatory in the national curriculum
  Open from Tuesday 8th September 2020 to Monday 8th March 2021
  51 signatures

• Stop public funding for universities
  Open from Monday 7th September 2020 to Sunday 7th March 2021
  62 signatures

• Do not delay A-level Exams
  Open from Monday 7th September 2020 to Sunday 7th March 2021
  493 signatures

• Ensure all 2021 examinations are based on teacher assessment only.
  Open from Monday 7th September 2020 to Sunday 7th March 2021
  617 signatures

• Allow teacher predicted grades for BTEC students
  Open from Monday 7th September 2020 to Sunday 7th March 2021
  145,336 signatures

• Triple Lock for 2021 A Levels Exam Results
  Open from Monday 7th September 2020 to Sunday 7th March 2021
  128 signatures

• Make Free School Meals (FSM) fairer and accessible to ALL low income families
  Open from Monday 7th September 2020 to Sunday 7th March 2021
  209 signatures

• Teach pupils how to check for lumps in breasts and testicles in KS3 PSHE lessons
  Open from Monday 7th September 2020 to Sunday 7th March 2021
  34 signatures

• Expand the free laptop scheme for children to one per family so all benefit
  Open from Monday 7th September 2020 to Sunday 7th March 2021
  135 signatures

• Supply adequate PPE to all school staff (including masks and visors).
  Open from Friday 4th September 2020 to Thursday 4th March 2021
  113 signatures

• Allow childminders to claim ‘free hours’ for related children
  Open from Friday 4th September 2020 to Thursday 4th March 2021
  1,622 signatures

• Include CPR in the PE National Curriculum
  Open from Friday 4th September 2020 to Thursday 4th March 2021
  45 signatures

• Provide face coverings to all pupils over ten in receipt of free school meals.
  Open from Friday 4th September 2020 to Thursday 4th March 2021
  17 signatures

• Make the English GCSE exam open book.
  Open from Thursday 3rd September 2020 to Wednesday 3rd March 2021
  55 signatures

• Stop student loan being calculated using parental income
  Open from Thursday 3rd September 2020 to Wednesday 3rd March 2021
  127 signatures

• Ban schools from serving sweet desserts and processed foods
  Open from Thursday 3rd September 2020 to Wednesday 3rd March 2021
  72 signatures

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