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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• 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

• Don't ban the use of mobile phones during break times
  Open from Monday 16th October 2023 to Tuesday 16th April 2024
  33 signatures

• Extend £10k Teacher Training bursaries for trainees in RE to 2023-24 cohort
  Open from Monday 16th October 2023 to Tuesday 16th April 2024
  20 signatures

• Create a new core subject of Life Skills for all secondary school students
  Open from Monday 16th October 2023 to Tuesday 16th April 2024
  40 signatures

• Introduce school zones with requirements to stagger school holidays
  Open from Monday 16th October 2023 to Tuesday 16th April 2024
  81 signatures

• Review behaviour in schools legislation and guidance
  Open from Friday 13th October 2023 to Saturday 13th April 2024
  130 signatures

• Introduce mandatory annual teaching staff evaluations to assess competence
  Open from Friday 13th October 2023 to Saturday 13th April 2024
  12 signatures

• Give school students a right pray in school
  Open from Friday 13th October 2023 to Saturday 13th April 2024
  58 signatures

• Fund regular vocal checks for teachers
  Open from Friday 13th October 2023 to Saturday 13th April 2024
  17 signatures

• Make responsible pet ownership teaching mandatory in schools
  Open from Friday 13th October 2023 to Saturday 13th April 2024
  39 signatures

• Review and reform the Education System in full
  Open from Friday 13th October 2023 to Saturday 13th April 2024
  81 signatures

• Change GCSE exams and grade students in the same way as 2020
  Open from Thursday 12th October 2023 to Friday 12th April 2024
  13 signatures

• Ban classroom pets in schools
  Open from Tuesday 10th October 2023 to Wednesday 10th April 2024
  145 signatures

• Let students pick the subjects they want to do from Year 5
  Open from Tuesday 10th October 2023 to Wednesday 10th April 2024
  13 signatures

• Add the UN Sustainable Development Goals to the school curriculum
  Open from Monday 9th October 2023 to Tuesday 9th April 2024
  27 signatures

• Require the school day to end by 3.30pm
  Open from Monday 9th October 2023 to Tuesday 9th April 2024
  20 signatures

• Remove LGBT content from the Relationships Education curriculum
  Open from Friday 6th October 2023 to Saturday 6th April 2024
  507 signatures

• Fund additional support for children who may have SEND
  Open from Friday 6th October 2023 to Saturday 6th April 2024
  32 signatures

• Allow Ofsted registered childminders to receive funding for related children
  Open from Friday 6th October 2023 to Saturday 6th April 2024
  10,709 signatures

• Mandate all universities to provide holiday accommodation for estranged students
  Open from Thursday 5th October 2023 to Friday 5th April 2024
  128 signatures

• Don't ban mobile phones in school
  Open from Wednesday 4th October 2023 to Thursday 4th April 2024
  249 signatures

• Increase free school meal budget for all schools.
  Open from Monday 2nd October 2023 to Tuesday 2nd April 2024
  75 signatures

• Teach life-saving CPR in schools from Key Stage 2 onwards
  Open from Friday 29th September 2023 to Friday 29th March 2024
  49 signatures

• Amend the definition of "Home Student" with regard to attending a UK University
  Open from Wednesday 27th September 2023 to Wednesday 27th March 2024
  49 signatures

• Remove tuition fees and replace maintenance loans with grants and a graduate tax
  Open from Wednesday 20th September 2023 to Wednesday 20th March 2024
  18 signatures

• Increase funding for art departments in primary schools
  Open from Wednesday 20th September 2023 to Wednesday 20th March 2024
  22 signatures

• Reverse cuts to higher education arts funding
  Open from Wednesday 20th September 2023 to Wednesday 20th March 2024
  39 signatures

• Remove the Maths training requirements for social work apprenticeships
  Open from Tuesday 19th September 2023 to Tuesday 19th March 2024
  50 signatures

• Add content on protecting the natural world to the national curriculum
  Open from Tuesday 19th September 2023 to Tuesday 19th March 2024
  192 signatures

• Abolish all homework
  Open from Tuesday 19th September 2023 to Tuesday 19th March 2024
  1,997 signatures

• Change the school week to a four day week
  Open from Monday 18th September 2023 to Monday 18th March 2024
  42,137 signatures

• Ban primary schools from offering attendance awards
  Open from Monday 18th September 2023 to Monday 18th March 2024
  381 signatures

• Make it compulsory for schools to first aid train all staff
  Open from Monday 18th September 2023 to Monday 18th March 2024
  60 signatures

• Ban private schools to improve equality of education
  Open from Monday 18th September 2023 to Monday 18th March 2024
  40 signatures

• Include the impact of the Covid-19 lockdowns on the RSE and health curriculum

• Include the impact of the Covid-19 lockdowns on the RSE and health curriculum
  Open from Friday 15th September 2023 to Friday 15th March 2024
  47 signatures

• Allow parents to take their children out of school for up to 20 days a year
  Open from Wednesday 13th September 2023 to Wednesday 13th March 2024
  2,735 signatures

• Require schools to allow students to have access to the toilet during lessons
  Open from Tuesday 12th September 2023 to Tuesday 12th March 2024
  691 signatures

• Prevent schools isolating or excluding students to enforce school uniform policy
  Open from Tuesday 12th September 2023 to Tuesday 12th March 2024
  73 signatures

• Require child social service visits to be unannounced and include physical check
  Open from Monday 4th September 2023 to Monday 4th March 2024
  47 signatures

• Change curriculum for Key Stage 3 Mathematics to focus on every day maths
  Open from Monday 4th September 2023 to Monday 4th March 2024
  41 signatures

• Make suicide prevention a compulsory part of the curriculum in Secondary Schools
  Open from Wednesday 30th August 2023 to Thursday 29th February 2024
  1,024 signatures

• Review the marking of GCSE and A Level exams in 2023
  Open from Wednesday 30th August 2023 to Thursday 29th February 2024
  198 signatures

• Require schools to allow children to bring a mobile phone into secondary school
  Open from Tuesday 29th August 2023 to Thursday 29th February 2024
  60 signatures

• Reduce school summer holidays to four weeks
  Open from Tuesday 29th August 2023 to Thursday 29th February 2024
  232 signatures

• Require all social services workers to wear body cameras
  Open from Wednesday 23rd August 2023 to Friday 23rd February 2024
  240 signatures

• Require all education settings provide separate sex toilets from age 4 and up
  Open from Thursday 10th August 2023 to Saturday 10th February 2024
  346 signatures

• Extend free school transport to over 16s
  Open from Wednesday 9th August 2023 to Friday 9th February 2024
  284 signatures

• Require schools teach students about diabetes prevention
  Open from Wednesday 9th August 2023 to Friday 9th February 2024
  97 signatures

• Fund the provision of smaller schools for those with complex SEND
  Open from Tuesday 8th August 2023 to Thursday 8th February 2024
  462 signatures

• Require teacher training to identify possible "visual stress" in pupils
  Open from Monday 7th August 2023 to Wednesday 7th February 2024
  65 signatures

• Allow all children to take 10 days holiday leave during term time.
  Open from Friday 4th August 2023 to Sunday 4th February 2024
  52 signatures

• Introduce lessons in trade skills to the national curriculum
  Open from Thursday 3rd August 2023 to Saturday 3rd February 2024
  79 signatures

• Fund free access to A Levels for all under 25s
  Open from Wednesday 2nd August 2023 to Friday 2nd February 2024
  22 signatures

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