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 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

• Require all schools to offer regular counselling to students
  Open from Thursday 3rd September 2020 to Wednesday 3rd March 2021
  22 signatures

• Fund free Mental Health First Aider training for 1 adult in every school
  Open from Wednesday 2nd September 2020 to Tuesday 2nd March 2021
  49 signatures

• Make self-defence lessons mandatory in schools
  Open from Wednesday 2nd September 2020 to Tuesday 2nd March 2021
  36 signatures

• Scrap fines for families with vulnerable members that keep children from school
  Open from Wednesday 2nd September 2020 to Tuesday 2nd March 2021
  1,115 signatures

• Offer parents free school uniform grants again.
  Open from Tuesday 1st September 2020 to Monday 1st March 2021
  15 signatures

• Make nutrition, health and wellbeing part of the national curriculum.
  Open from Tuesday 1st September 2020 to Monday 1st March 2021
  122 signatures

• Make politics lessons mandatory in schools
  Open from Tuesday 1st September 2020 to Monday 1st March 2021
  49 signatures

• Review how children with dyslexia are assessed by the exam system
  Open from Tuesday 1st September 2020 to Monday 1st March 2021
  899 signatures

• Government to legally require sprinklers in all new build & refurbished schools
  Open from Tuesday 1st September 2020 to Monday 1st March 2021
  2,416 signatures

• Offer weekly voluntary COVID-19 tests for secondary pupils and staff
  Open from Tuesday 1st September 2020 to Monday 1st March 2021
  38 signatures

• Create a taskforce to establish a fair process for 2021 university candidates
  Open from Tuesday 1st September 2020 to Monday 1st March 2021
  32 signatures

• COVID Guidance for extra curricular activity providers within childcare settings
  Open from Tuesday 1st September 2020 to Monday 1st March 2021
  53 signatures

• Immediately convene a panel of educational experts to plan for schools returning
  Open from Friday 28th August 2020 to Sunday 28th February 2021
  34 signatures

• Fund Universities to offer scholarships for every degree programme
  Open from Friday 28th August 2020 to Sunday 28th February 2021
  32 signatures

• Remove Maths & English GCSE requirement for Teacher Training Courses
  Open from Thursday 27th August 2020 to Saturday 27th February 2021
  107 signatures

• Fund free A-level and GCSE resists to make them accessible to all students.
  Open from Wednesday 26th August 2020 to Friday 26th February 2021
  95 signatures

• Lessen student finance requirements for foreign students who reside in the UK
  Open from Wednesday 26th August 2020 to Friday 26th February 2021
  40 signatures

• Reform surrogacy laws and support LGBT+ parents
  Open from Wednesday 26th August 2020 to Friday 26th February 2021
  94 signatures

• Fund local arts places for children
  Open from Wednesday 26th August 2020 to Friday 26th February 2021
  44 signatures

• Reinstate IT GCSEs
  Open from Tuesday 25th August 2020 to Thursday 25th February 2021
  493 signatures

• Exempt foreign students from quarantine upon their arrival in September
  Open from Friday 21st August 2020 to Sunday 21st February 2021
  7 signatures

• Make the A-Level adjustment algorithm available for public inspection.
  Open from Friday 21st August 2020 to Sunday 21st February 2021
  31 signatures

• Fund broadband for all households with school-age children from September.
  Open from Thursday 20th August 2020 to Saturday 20th February 2021
  291 signatures

• Stop weighing children in school and labelling them due to their weight
  Open from Thursday 20th August 2020 to Saturday 20th February 2021
  291 signatures

• Include bicycle proficiency in UK school physical education curriculum.
  Open from Thursday 20th August 2020 to Saturday 20th February 2021
  110 signatures

• Regulate international educational partnerships to prevent foreign influence
  Open from Thursday 20th August 2020 to Saturday 20th February 2021
  81 signatures

• Amend the curriculum to require schools to use the Gall-Peters Projection map
  Open from Wednesday 19th August 2020 to Friday 19th February 2021
  47 signatures

• Cancel GCSEs and A Levels in 2021
  Open from Wednesday 19th August 2020 to Friday 19th February 2021
  211,974 signatures

• Review the Teachers Standards and its references to "tolerance"
  Open from Wednesday 19th August 2020 to Friday 19th February 2021
  14 signatures

• Scrap the 2021 SATS tests for all pupils in England.
  Open from Wednesday 19th August 2020 to Friday 19th February 2021
  156 signatures

• Due to the Corona pandemic, postpone the EU Brexit fee status for one year
  Open from Tuesday 18th August 2020 to Thursday 18th February 2021
  22 signatures

• Home fee status for EU students in UK after August 2021
  Open from Tuesday 18th August 2020 to Thursday 18th February 2021
  349 signatures

• Help out of school and extra-curricular club providers bounce back from Covid-19
  Open from Tuesday 18th August 2020 to Thursday 18th February 2021
  38 signatures

• Weekly tests of COVID-19 for Secondary pupils and school staff

• Mandatory education and guidance on ethnic hair
  Open from Tuesday 18th August 2020 to Thursday 18th February 2021
  61 signatures

• Reverse all exam grades back to teacher’s own predictions
  Open from Friday 14th August 2020 to Sunday 14th February 2021
  33,958 signatures

• Review the standardisation of grades so state school pupils aren't disadvantaged
  Open from Friday 14th August 2020 to Sunday 14th February 2021
  24 signatures

• Remove Ofqual's moderation of 2020 results based on schools previous performance
  Open from Friday 14th August 2020 to Sunday 14th February 2021
  641 signatures

• Allow free and accessible appeals of GCSE and A Level calculated grades
  Open from Thursday 13th August 2020 to Saturday 13th February 2021
  3,251 signatures

• The DfE to produce a standardised application form for teaching jobs
  Open from Thursday 13th August 2020 to Saturday 13th February 2021
  495 signatures

• Require schools to support home learning during Covid-19 outbreak
  Open from Wednesday 12th August 2020 to Friday 12th February 2021
  751 signatures

• Lift social distancing in schools and nurseries for the sake of mental health
  Open from Wednesday 12th August 2020 to Friday 12th February 2021
  762 signatures

• Require schools to allow staff to wear face coverings whilst at work
  Open from Tuesday 11th August 2020 to Thursday 11th February 2021
  45 signatures

• Include funding for more school gardens in the 2020-21 school building programme
  Open from Tuesday 11th August 2020 to Thursday 11th February 2021
  373 signatures

• Reform the education system to end standardised testing for 16-year-olds
  Open from Thursday 6th August 2020 to Saturday 6th February 2021
  15 signatures

• Make British Sign Language a compulsory subject in the national curriculum
  Open from Wednesday 5th August 2020 to Friday 5th February 2021
  494 signatures

• Change DfE school guidance to allow overnight educational visits.
  Open from Monday 3rd August 2020 to Wednesday 3rd February 2021
  17,881 signatures

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