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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• 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

• Review of Postgraduate student finance align it with undergraduate funding
  Open from Monday 3rd August 2020 to Wednesday 3rd February 2021
  49 signatures

• Require exams to be conducted digitally from 2025
  Open from Monday 3rd August 2020 to Wednesday 3rd February 2021
  19 signatures

• Require schools to allow children to wear face masks at school due to Covid-19
  Open from Monday 3rd August 2020 to Wednesday 3rd February 2021
  786 signatures

• Add sociology to the curriculum at KS3 and oblige schools to offer it at KS4
  Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
  215 signatures

• Add "rights" classes to the national curriculum
  Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
  75 signatures

• Fund school uniform
  Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
  116 signatures

• Additional student loan payment to cover summer 2020 due to pandemic
  Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
  18 signatures

• Review and reform tuition fees and student loan interest and repayments
  Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
  209 signatures

• Increase the income threshold for people repaying student loans under Plan 1
  Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
  19 signatures

• Require universities to partially refund tuition fees for 20/21 due to Covid-19
  Open from Wednesday 29th July 2020 to Friday 29th January 2021
  270,659 signatures

• Ensure all Universities requiring bailouts receive Govt loans without condition.
  Open from Wednesday 29th July 2020 to Friday 29th January 2021
  13 signatures

• Do not make masks mandatory for children in primary or secondary schools in UK.
  Open from Wednesday 29th July 2020 to Friday 29th January 2021
  5,970 signatures

• Make wearing face masks mandatory in secondary schools and colleges.
  Open from Tuesday 28th July 2020 to Thursday 28th January 2021
  10,778 signatures

• Make maths gcse optional
  Open from Tuesday 28th July 2020 to Thursday 28th January 2021
  27 signatures

• Provide additional support for School Leavers not going into Higher Education
  Open from Monday 27th July 2020 to Wednesday 27th January 2021
  36 signatures

• Prevent schools from requiring uniform bought from specific shops
  Open from Monday 27th July 2020 to Wednesday 27th January 2021
  52 signatures

• Introduce bursaries & paid placements for all Primary School Teacher Trainees
  Open from Friday 24th July 2020 to Sunday 24th January 2021
  282 signatures

• Fund free school meals for all students!
  Open from Friday 24th July 2020 to Sunday 24th January 2021
  75 signatures

• Add the history of the Balkans to the national curriculum
  Open from Friday 24th July 2020 to Sunday 24th January 2021
  270 signatures

• Maintain home fee status and access to Student Finance for EU students.
  Open from Friday 24th July 2020 to Sunday 24th January 2021
  280 signatures

• Review education for children with special educational needs and disabilities
  Open from Thursday 23rd July 2020 to Saturday 23rd January 2021
  102 signatures

• Include the impact of fast fashion on the curriculum
  Open from Thursday 23rd July 2020 to Saturday 23rd January 2021
  574 signatures

• Pay for every 2020 graduate to gain a postgraduate qualification free of charge.
  Open from Thursday 23rd July 2020 to Saturday 23rd January 2021
  118 signatures

• Mandatory for children aged 11 and above to wear face masks whilst at school.
  Open from Thursday 23rd July 2020 to Saturday 23rd January 2021
  231 signatures

• Give all teaching assistants a payrise after their sacrifice during Covid19.
  Open from Thursday 23rd July 2020 to Saturday 23rd January 2021
  868 signatures

• Emergency fund for estranged & care-experienced students affected by lockdown
  Open from Thursday 23rd July 2020 to Saturday 23rd January 2021
  24 signatures

• Increase financial support for childcare costs for student nurses and midwives
  Open from Thursday 23rd July 2020 to Saturday 23rd January 2021
  557 signatures

• Make ALL forms of Domestic Abuse a compulsory PSHE topic in secondary schools
  Open from Tuesday 21st July 2020 to Thursday 21st January 2021
  218 signatures

• Make mental health and wellbeing checks compulsory in all levels of education
  Open from Tuesday 21st July 2020 to Thursday 21st January 2021
  87 signatures

• Introduce a Climate Change subject to the National School Curriculum
  Open from Tuesday 21st July 2020 to Thursday 21st January 2021
  264 signatures

• Fund schools for the maintenance of machinery used for face shields.
  Open from Tuesday 21st July 2020 to Thursday 21st January 2021
  86 signatures

• Government to step in with a financial support package for Special Guardians
  Open from Monday 20th July 2020 to Wednesday 20th January 2021
  33 signatures

• Issue urgent guidance and voucher scheme to save baby & toddler activity sector
  Open from Friday 17th July 2020 to Sunday 17th January 2021
  14,975 signatures

• Fund organisations that provide support & therapy for children/adults with SEN
  Open from Wednesday 15th July 2020 to Friday 15th January 2021
  78 signatures

• Allow more school pupils to repeat an academic year due to COVID-19 lockdown.
  Open from Wednesday 15th July 2020 to Friday 15th January 2021
  336 signatures

• Increase funding for those children with SEN when school resumes
  Open from Wednesday 15th July 2020 to Friday 15th January 2021
  375 signatures

• Any hours of free childcare lost during lockdown to be used for rest of 2020
  Open from Tuesday 14th July 2020 to Thursday 14th January 2021
  21 signatures

• Introduce first aid training to the national educational curriculum
  Open from Friday 10th July 2020 to Sunday 10th January 2021
  87 signatures

• Broaden the GCSE & A-Level English curriculum to include more BAME authors
  Open from Friday 10th July 2020 to Sunday 10th January 2021
  146 signatures

• Sharia Compliant Student Loans for Muslim Students going to further education
  Open from Thursday 9th July 2020 to Saturday 9th January 2021
  26,788 signatures

• Support & Provide materials to DT Departments for PPE production.
  Open from Wednesday 1st July 2020 to Friday 1st January 2021
  26 signatures

• Extend entitlements to free childcare for 2-year-olds to all working families
  Open from Wednesday 1st July 2020 to Friday 1st January 2021
  700 signatures

• Fund training facilities for jobs you can’t train in college for
  Open from Thursday 25th June 2020 to Friday 25th December 2020
  14 signatures

• Review assessment of students to ensure SEND students are not disadvantaged
  Open from Wednesday 24th June 2020 to Thursday 24th December 2020
  2,286 signatures

• Fund sick pay for foster carers during Covid-19
  Open from Monday 22nd June 2020 to Tuesday 22nd December 2020
  13 signatures

• Extend Student Maintenance Loans to those studying Distance Learning degrees
  Open from Monday 22nd June 2020 to Tuesday 22nd December 2020
  101 signatures

• Make black history a compulsory part of the national curriculum for all ages
  Open from Thursday 18th June 2020 to Friday 18th December 2020
  3,797 signatures

• Reform the National Curriculum on the basis of equality and BAME representation
  Open from Thursday 18th June 2020 to Friday 18th December 2020
  1,621 signatures

• Provide additional support to schools, colleges and youth clubs due to Covid-19
  Open from Thursday 18th June 2020 to Friday 18th December 2020
  21 signatures

• Require universities to educate staff and students on unconscious bias
  Open from Wednesday 17th June 2020 to Thursday 17th December 2020
  4,437 signatures

• Add Emotional Intelligence & Critical Thinking into the National Curriculum
  Open from Wednesday 17th June 2020 to Thursday 17th December 2020
  23 signatures

• Mandate regular anti-racist training for all teachers
  Open from Tuesday 16th June 2020 to Wednesday 16th December 2020
  3,804 signatures

• Introduce Gender and Race equity for GCSE English Literature set texts
  Open from Tuesday 16th June 2020 to Wednesday 16th December 2020
  6,125 signatures

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