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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• Limit enforcement of school attendance for parents of SEN children
  Open from Thursday 29th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  67 signatures

• Make it mandatory for all education staff to wear body cameras to safeguard all
  Open from Thursday 29th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  34 signatures

• Add bleed control kit training to the school curriculum
  Open from Wednesday 28th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  253 signatures

• Add asexuality to the relationships education curriculum
  Open from Wednesday 28th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  66 signatures

• Ban profit making in child social care and introduce price caps on placements
  Open from Monday 26th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  136 signatures

• Ban all child sex offenders from entering schools, nurseries and child groups
  Open from Friday 23rd February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  612 signatures

• Require schools to open for optional activities during the holidays
  Open from Friday 23rd February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  30 signatures

• Require extra time be offered for female students experiencing menstrual pain
  Open from Thursday 22nd February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  20 signatures

• Fund music at state schools to the amount spent by private schools
  Open from Tuesday 20th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  2,359 signatures

• Don’t make students who don’t get a level 4 in maths/English GCSE retake them
  Open from Friday 16th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  23 signatures

• Do not exclude over 60s from tuition fee loans from 2025
  Open from Thursday 15th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  69 signatures

• Require all school and college staff to attend Neurodiversity training
  Open from Wednesday 14th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  367 signatures

• Provide additional funding for existing and new youth centres
  Open from Tuesday 13th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  215 signatures

• Fund more weekend/school holiday facilities for neurodiverse children
  Open from Monday 12th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  104 signatures

• Ban schools from letting trans students stay in dorms of their preferred gender
  Open from Monday 12th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  61 signatures

• Make students at medical schools work for the NHS for at least 5 years
  Open from Friday 9th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  133 signatures

• Require schools and exam boards to allow students to use the internet for exams
  Open from Wednesday 7th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  16 signatures

• Extend the school summer holidays to eight weeks
  Open from Wednesday 7th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  76 signatures

• Early years parenting courses to be offered to all expecting parents
  Open from Wednesday 7th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  44 signatures

• More funding for cookery lessons in primary schools to help fight obesity
  Open from Tuesday 6th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  544 signatures

• Require schools to have a separate behaviour policy for SEND students
  Open from Tuesday 6th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  39 signatures

• Require schools to close during severe weather
  Open from Tuesday 6th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  24 signatures

• Increase salary threshold for student loan repayment
  Open from Friday 2nd February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  31 signatures

• Extend home fee status to everyone who has lived in the UK for half their life
  Open from Thursday 1st February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  22 signatures

• Increase funding for maintenance of school buildings and building new schools
  Open from Monday 29th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  140 signatures

• Require two-week half-term breaks and longer summer holidays at all schools
  Open from Friday 26th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  50 signatures

• Recognise Makaton as a language in law
  Open from Wednesday 24th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  764 signatures

• Make CMS payable until the age of 20 for any child in any higher education
  Open from Monday 22nd January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  23 signatures

• Require LAs to reimburse education costs following tribunal/if they concede
  Open from Friday 19th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  23 signatures

• Require cameras in all school classrooms and give parents access
  Open from Thursday 18th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  22 signatures

• Increase support for grandparents who are sole carers for grandchildren
  Open from Thursday 18th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  77 signatures

• Limit the amount nurseries are able to increase their day rate/annual fees
  Open from Thursday 18th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  30 signatures

• Split Child Benefit equally between parents equally sharing care
  Open from Wednesday 17th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  68 signatures

• Provide funding and resources for parents to home school their children
  Open from Wednesday 17th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  48 signatures

• Provide more funding for school repairs
  Open from Tuesday 16th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  270 signatures

• Require schools close at least a week before Christmas to help protect elderly
  Open from Tuesday 16th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  21 signatures

• Make Level 2 Understanding Autism mandatory across all education and businesses
  Open from Friday 12th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  339 signatures

• Make student finance available for second degrees in veterinary medicine
  Open from Friday 12th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  16 signatures

• Home fee status for BN(O) students after 3 years continuous stay in the UK
  Open from Thursday 11th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  14,827 signatures

• Require that trainee teachers are taught about preventing antisemitism
  Open from Tuesday 9th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  4,644 signatures

• Increase the Tax-Free Childcare scheme to £4,000 per child per year
  Open from Monday 8th January 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  14 signatures

• Create a specific offence to teach a child to hate different religions or races
  Open from Thursday 21st December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  31 signatures

• Increase Element 2 funding that is awarded to schools to match current economy.
  Open from Wednesday 20th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  17 signatures

• Situate Psychologists in Local Authority Children's Social Care Teams.
  Open from Tuesday 19th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  154 signatures

• Make teachers wear body cameras
  Open from Monday 18th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  16 signatures

• Expand 30 Hours Free Childcare to Ofsted Registered Nannies
  Open from Monday 18th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  184 signatures

• End SATs for primary school children
  Open from Friday 15th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  55 signatures

• Require schools to teach students about knife crime as part of the curriculum
  Open from Thursday 14th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  57 signatures

• Give teachers ringfenced funding for classroom resources
  Open from Wednesday 13th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  81 signatures

• Make Nutrition a Mandatory Subject at Schools.
  Open from Tuesday 12th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  57 signatures

• Fund improved support for adults with a learning disability
  Open from Thursday 7th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  31 signatures

• Pause Ofsted inspections and reform how school performance is evaluated
  Open from Wednesday 6th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  51,074 signatures

• Make school period products scheme permanent and increase products available
  Open from Wednesday 6th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  166 signatures

• Ensure GCSE students have support materials for maths and science exams in 2025
  Open from Thursday 30th November 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  4,461 signatures

• Introduce a statutory requirement for schools to have a staff wellbeing policy
  Open from Tuesday 28th November 2023 to Tuesday 28th May 2024
  64 signatures

• Allow schools to teach BSL instead of a modern foreign language
  Open from Tuesday 28th November 2023 to Tuesday 28th May 2024
  192 signatures

• Stop schools selling or giving students single-use plastic water bottles
  Open from Tuesday 28th November 2023 to Tuesday 28th May 2024
  57 signatures

• Extend free school meals to all primary and secondary children in England
  Open from Tuesday 28th November 2023 to Tuesday 28th May 2024
  45 signatures

• Make all subjects optional at GCSE level
  Open from Monday 27th November 2023 to Monday 27th May 2024
  25 signatures

• Extend school day to 5.30pm, with two hours of PE from 3.30-5.30pm
  Open from Monday 27th November 2023 to Monday 27th May 2024
  27 signatures

• Extend the Parents' Learning Allowance to include part-time students
  Open from Thursday 23rd November 2023 to Thursday 23rd May 2024
  36 signatures

• Provide funding to increase school places for children with SEND
  Open from Thursday 23rd November 2023 to Thursday 23rd May 2024
  42 signatures

• Remove English language and literature from the curriculum for Y10-Y11
  Open from Thursday 23rd November 2023 to Thursday 23rd May 2024
  10 signatures

• Urgent review of the current Functional Skills assessments for apprenticeships
  Open from Thursday 23rd November 2023 to Thursday 23rd May 2024
  262 signatures

• Create a new body to investigate complaints against child social services
  Open from Thursday 23rd November 2023 to Thursday 23rd May 2024
  60 signatures

• Increase protections for SEN children and young adults
  Open from Wednesday 22nd November 2023 to Wednesday 22nd May 2024
  656 signatures

• Introduce Measures to Boost Hospitality Learning in Education
  Open from Tuesday 21st November 2023 to Tuesday 21st May 2024
  20 signatures

• Ban schools from setting more than seven pieces of homework a week
  Open from Tuesday 21st November 2023 to Tuesday 21st May 2024
  38 signatures

• Reverse the change to adult to child childcare ratios for 2 yr olds
  Open from Monday 20th November 2023 to Monday 20th May 2024
  14 signatures

• Encourage schools to exclude pupils who continue to bully
  Open from Monday 20th November 2023 to Monday 20th May 2024
  45 signatures

• Require Student Loans Company to automatically refund overpayments
  Open from Friday 17th November 2023 to Friday 17th May 2024
  54 signatures

• Fund more specialist primary schools for physically disabled children
  Open from Thursday 16th November 2023 to Thursday 16th May 2024
  46 signatures

• Mandatory qualified counsellors in all secondary schools in England.
  Open from Wednesday 15th November 2023 to Wednesday 15th May 2024
  154 signatures

• Ensure GCSE students have equation sheets for maths and science exams
  Open from Wednesday 15th November 2023 to Wednesday 15th May 2024
  542 signatures

• Introduce New Mandatory Food Standards for Schools
  Open from Tuesday 14th November 2023 to Tuesday 14th May 2024
  614 signatures

• Require staff in any educational setting to be trained on mental health
  Open from Tuesday 14th November 2023 to Tuesday 14th May 2024
  135 signatures

• Fund vocational educational courses for people with learning difficulties
  Open from Friday 10th November 2023 to Friday 10th May 2024
  137 signatures

• Regular SEN training for educational staff
  Open from Thursday 9th November 2023 to Thursday 9th May 2024
  70 signatures

• Ban pork from being served in schools
  Open from Thursday 9th November 2023 to Thursday 9th May 2024
  78 signatures

• Get rid of all school examinations
  Open from Wednesday 8th November 2023 to Wednesday 8th May 2024
  23 signatures

• Do not introduce a new 'Advanced British Standard Qualification'
  Open from Wednesday 8th November 2023 to Wednesday 8th May 2024
  18 signatures

• Increase Student Loans in England to catch up with inflation
  Open from Wednesday 8th November 2023 to Wednesday 8th May 2024
  15,538 signatures

• Change school starting time to 10am
  Open from Tuesday 7th November 2023 to Tuesday 7th May 2024
  69 signatures

• Require schools to close by 2pm on Fridays
  Open from Tuesday 7th November 2023 to Tuesday 7th May 2024
  41 signatures

• Require teaching assistants for every class
  Open from Friday 3rd November 2023 to Friday 3rd May 2024
  30 signatures

• Create an independent body to develop education, health and care (EHC) plans
  Open from Thursday 2nd November 2023 to Thursday 2nd May 2024
  2,724 signatures

• Add content on checking for and identifying cancer to the national curriculum
  Open from Wednesday 1st November 2023 to Wednesday 1st May 2024
  47 signatures

• Prohibit promotion of homosexuality/gender incongruence in schools & councils
  Open from Tuesday 31st October 2023 to Tuesday 30th April 2024
  1,850 signatures

• Stop colleges from banning students from wearing the niqab
  Open from Monday 30th October 2023 to Tuesday 30th April 2024
  159 signatures

• Reduce school hours to 5 hours a day
  Open from Tuesday 24th October 2023 to Wednesday 24th April 2024
  22 signatures

• Give students a right to opt out of dance, drama and physical education
  Open from Friday 20th October 2023 to Saturday 20th April 2024
  19 signatures

• Require every secondary school to have multiple language options
  Open from Friday 20th October 2023 to Saturday 20th April 2024
  32 signatures

• Provide funding for on-call mental health teams for schools
  Open from Friday 20th October 2023 to Saturday 20th April 2024
  143 signatures

• Publish guidance to support teachers to discuss Israel/Palestine in schools
  Open from Thursday 19th October 2023 to Friday 19th April 2024
  207 signatures

• Do not make Mathematics and English a requirement up to 18
  Open from Thursday 19th October 2023 to Friday 19th April 2024
  40 signatures

• Make financial education compulsory in all schools from primary age
  Open from Tuesday 17th October 2023 to Wednesday 17th April 2024
  12,518 signatures

• Continue student funding for students over 60 from 2025
  Open from Tuesday 17th October 2023 to Wednesday 17th April 2024
  52 signatures

• Create a national register and welfare checks for home educated children
  Open from Tuesday 17th October 2023 to Wednesday 17th April 2024
  43 signatures

• Require the school day to end by 2pm
  Open from Monday 16th October 2023 to Tuesday 16th April 2024
  19 signatures

• Introduce annual mental health assessments for secondary school students
  Open from Monday 16th October 2023 to Tuesday 16th April 2024
  15 signatures

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