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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• 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

• Make it illegal to advertise weight loss clubs and fad diets in schools
  Open from Monday 15th June 2020 to Tuesday 15th December 2020
  67 signatures

• Design Technology to be compulsory at KS4 for all students.
  Open from Friday 12th June 2020 to Saturday 12th December 2020
  25 signatures

• Cancel all student debt for all students
  Open from Friday 12th June 2020 to Saturday 12th December 2020
  88 signatures

• Waive tuition fee loans for medical students once they serve the NHS for 5 years
  Open from Friday 12th June 2020 to Saturday 12th December 2020
  18 signatures

• Add ethics to the national curriculum for primary schools
  Open from Thursday 11th June 2020 to Friday 11th December 2020
  7,375 signatures

• Teach Britain's colonial past as part of the UK's compulsory curriculum
  Open from Wednesday 10th June 2020 to Thursday 10th December 2020
  268,772 signatures

• Making the UK education curriculum more inclusive of BAME history
  Open from Wednesday 10th June 2020 to Thursday 10th December 2020
  26,738 signatures

• Add education on diversity and racism to all school curriculums
  Open from Wednesday 10th June 2020 to Thursday 10th December 2020
  89,497 signatures

• Allow graduate students applying to undergraduate medicine programs tuition loan
  Open from Tuesday 9th June 2020 to Wednesday 9th December 2020
  48 signatures

• Increase student maintenance loans for 2020/2021 due to Covid-19
  Open from Tuesday 9th June 2020 to Wednesday 9th December 2020
  39 signatures

• Prioritise year 11 when schools reopen for next steps guidance and summer proms
  Open from Monday 8th June 2020 to Tuesday 8th December 2020
  10 signatures

• Prioritise Years 4 & 8 when re-opening of schools
  Open from Monday 8th June 2020 to Tuesday 8th December 2020
  693 signatures

• Prevent schools from cancelling summer holidays due to coronavirus
  Open from Monday 8th June 2020 to Tuesday 8th December 2020
  17 signatures

• Repeat the current school year from Sept 2020
  Open from Monday 8th June 2020 to Tuesday 8th December 2020
  442 signatures

• Delay opening of schools until Test Track and Trace for Covid 19 is working
  Open from Friday 5th June 2020 to Saturday 5th December 2020
  74 signatures

• Halt the reopening of schools until the NEU's 5 tests are met
  Open from Friday 5th June 2020 to Saturday 5th December 2020
  88 signatures

• Reopen schools in August with shorter summer holidays for a transition period
  Open from Friday 5th June 2020 to Saturday 5th December 2020
  29 signatures

• Keep schools closed until Covid 19 is no longer a threat
  Open from Friday 5th June 2020 to Saturday 5th December 2020
  70,337 signatures

• Make Economics an Ebacc subject for GCSE alongside History and Geography.
  Open from Thursday 4th June 2020 to Friday 4th December 2020
  20 signatures

• Urgently extend the statutory age limit for SEN provision given Covid19
  Open from Tuesday 2nd June 2020 to Wednesday 2nd December 2020
  5,303 signatures

• Work with exam boards to design a less stressful exam schedule
  Open from Monday 1st June 2020 to Tuesday 1st December 2020
  66 signatures

• Reduce curriculum content for year 10 & 12 students who will sit exams in 2021.
  Open from Monday 1st June 2020 to Tuesday 1st December 2020
  148,388 signatures

• Provide better financial support for early years settings during this crisis
  Open from Monday 1st June 2020 to Tuesday 1st December 2020
  18 signatures

• Stop opening nurseries until is safe to do so.
  Open from Friday 29th May 2020 to Sunday 29th November 2020
  18 signatures

• Keep schools open for children of key workers during weekends due to COVID-19
  Open from Friday 29th May 2020 to Sunday 29th November 2020
  48 signatures

• Make flexischooling for 1 day a week a parental right for the next academic year
  Open from Thursday 28th May 2020 to Saturday 28th November 2020
  3,221 signatures

• Prioritise Years 10 and 12 when re-opening schools after the COVID-19 Lockdown
  Open from Thursday 28th May 2020 to Saturday 28th November 2020
  56 signatures

• Refund third term rent for students in private accommodation
  Open from Thursday 28th May 2020 to Saturday 28th November 2020
  146 signatures

• Reimburse international students this year's fees due to strikes and COVID-19
  Open from Thursday 28th May 2020 to Saturday 28th November 2020
  187 signatures

• Provide £500 cash grant to fund children being home schooled
  Open from Wednesday 27th May 2020 to Friday 27th November 2020
  863 signatures

• Honour Free School Meal vouchers for all children Reception - Year 2
  Open from Tuesday 26th May 2020 to Thursday 26th November 2020
  60 signatures

• Keep schools closed in the UK until an effective Cov-19 vaccine is available.
  Open from Tuesday 26th May 2020 to Thursday 26th November 2020
  7,174 signatures

• Delay the reopening of schools to September
  Open from Tuesday 26th May 2020 to Thursday 26th November 2020
  44,696 signatures

• Provide disadvantaged children with a connected laptop to access home learning.
  Open from Tuesday 26th May 2020 to Thursday 26th November 2020
  147 signatures

• Work with regulators and exam providers to clarify exam arrangements for 2021
  Open from Tuesday 19th May 2020 to Thursday 19th November 2020
  5,904 signatures

• Shut schools completely to stop putting teachers, TAs and pupils at risk
  Open from Friday 15th May 2020 to Sunday 15th November 2020
  1,385 signatures

• Support family members of non-UK NHS staff to attend university
  Open from Friday 15th May 2020 to Sunday 15th November 2020
  19 signatures

• Pay NHS nurses & newly qualified teachers a starting salary of £35k.
  Open from Tuesday 12th May 2020 to Thursday 12th November 2020
  179 signatures

• Pay international students weekly wage equal to 20 hrs to meet monthly expenses
  Open from Monday 11th May 2020 to Wednesday 11th November 2020
  581 signatures

• National Service for NHS.
  Open from Monday 11th May 2020 to Wednesday 11th November 2020
  19 signatures

• Extend Tier-4 visas and waive third-term tuition fee for international students
  Open from Monday 11th May 2020 to Wednesday 11th November 2020
  10,284 signatures

• Support the healthcare workers by waiving the university fees they have to pay
  Open from Monday 11th May 2020 to Wednesday 11th November 2020
  21 signatures

• Fund free books for children who have lost access to libraries due to the Corona
  Open from Monday 11th May 2020 to Wednesday 11th November 2020
  16 signatures

• Fund work-based learning providers on same basis as colleges
  Open from Monday 4th May 2020 to Wednesday 4th November 2020
  27 signatures

• Fund all medical degrees to support future doctors and nurses
  Open from Friday 1st May 2020 to Sunday 1st November 2020
  30 signatures

• Cut student loan's interest rate to properly reflect Bank of England's base rate
  Open from Thursday 30th April 2020 to Friday 30th October 2020
  267 signatures

• List all UK security personnel as "Key Workers" during the current crisis.
  Open from Thursday 30th April 2020 to Friday 30th October 2020
  48 signatures

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