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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• 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

• Fund programmes that support intergenerational interaction and connection
  Open from Wednesday 2nd August 2023 to Friday 2nd February 2024
  13 signatures

• Provide funding to ensure disabled children have access to physical education
  Open from Wednesday 2nd August 2023 to Friday 2nd February 2024
  54 signatures

• Investigate the use of the Children Act 1989 to take children into care
  Open from Monday 31st July 2023 to Wednesday 31st January 2024
  161 signatures

• Do not introduce the Plan 5 student loan repayment plan from August 2023
  Open from Friday 28th July 2023 to Sunday 28th January 2024
  17 signatures

• Increase funding for childcare for working parents of a child with SEND
  Open from Wednesday 26th July 2023 to Friday 26th January 2024
  175 signatures

• Ban teachers from confiscating a pupil's belongings
  Open from Wednesday 26th July 2023 to Friday 26th January 2024
  29 signatures

• Reform school uniform policies to tackle expensive costs
  Open from Tuesday 25th July 2023 to Thursday 25th January 2024
  2,981 signatures

• Require daily sessions on mindfulness/meditation in schools
  Open from Tuesday 25th July 2023 to Thursday 25th January 2024
  162 signatures

• Supply free internet for SEND children who miss 15 or more school days
  Open from Friday 21st July 2023 to Sunday 21st January 2024
  92 signatures

• Write off student loans for NHS workers after 10 years of service
  Open from Tuesday 18th July 2023 to Thursday 18th January 2024
  1,336 signatures

• Introduce fines for local authorities that breach obligations for EHCPs
  Open from Tuesday 18th July 2023 to Thursday 18th January 2024
  21 signatures

• Allow teachers and NHS workers a 3rd tier ill health retirement option
  Open from Tuesday 18th July 2023 to Thursday 18th January 2024
  73 signatures

• Make the teaching of Black history compulsory in primary and secondary schools
  Open from Tuesday 18th July 2023 to Thursday 18th January 2024
  37 signatures

• Abolish University tuition fees for all students
  Open from Tuesday 18th July 2023 to Thursday 18th January 2024
  44 signatures

• Review school exclusion policies and practices in academies
  Open from Monday 17th July 2023 to Wednesday 17th January 2024
  78 signatures

• Ensure open book and formula sheets for all GCSE and A Level exams
  Open from Monday 17th July 2023 to Wednesday 17th January 2024
  63 signatures

• Make it mandatory for makaton to be taught to children in schools
  Open from Monday 17th July 2023 to Wednesday 17th January 2024
  86 signatures

• Add teaching about disabilities and neurodiversity to the curriculum
  Open from Thursday 13th July 2023 to Saturday 13th January 2024
  104 signatures

• Require education on Gender Dysphoria in schools and workplaces
  Open from Wednesday 12th July 2023 to Friday 12th January 2024
  38 signatures

• Make it compulsory for schools to offer GCSE and A-Level Music.
  Open from Tuesday 11th July 2023 to Thursday 11th January 2024
  195 signatures

• Fund year-round holiday activities for children with SEND and complex needs
  Open from Tuesday 11th July 2023 to Thursday 11th January 2024
  242 signatures

• Extend the holiday activities and food programme to all children
  Open from Tuesday 11th July 2023 to Thursday 11th January 2024
  62 signatures

• Pay parents/carers lost earnings if suitable school provision not provided
  Open from Tuesday 11th July 2023 to Thursday 11th January 2024
  709 signatures

• Stop PE being compulsory after year 9 in secondary schools
  Open from Friday 7th July 2023 to Sunday 7th January 2024
  29 signatures

• Write off student loans for university students graduating in 2023
  Open from Monday 3rd July 2023 to Wednesday 3rd January 2024
  23 signatures

• Free British Sign language classes for deaf people and families
  Open from Monday 3rd July 2023 to Wednesday 3rd January 2024
  543 signatures

• Change school transport guidance to recognise children may have multiple homes
  Open from Thursday 29th June 2023 to Friday 29th December 2023
  63 signatures

• Remove requirements for schools to focus on Christianity in daily worship and RE
  Open from Wednesday 28th June 2023 to Thursday 28th December 2023
  27 signatures

• Increase funding for university places and reduce maximum tuition fees
  Open from Monday 26th June 2023 to Tuesday 26th December 2023
  20 signatures

• Give parents the right to see the content of sex education lessons in schools
  Open from Friday 23rd June 2023 to Saturday 23rd December 2023
  843 signatures

• Require schools to have appropriate uniform rules for hot weather
  Open from Monday 19th June 2023 to Tuesday 19th December 2023
  339 signatures

• Provide dairy-free alternatives as part of the national milk scheme for under 5s
  Open from Wednesday 14th June 2023 to Thursday 14th December 2023
  12,982 signatures

• Ban compulsory school uniforms
  Open from Tuesday 13th June 2023 to Wednesday 13th December 2023
  4,972 signatures

• Require education staff to be trained on learning disabilities and autism
  Open from Tuesday 6th June 2023 to Wednesday 6th December 2023
  71,399 signatures

• Fund university scholarships for minorities and disadvantaged students
  Open from Monday 5th June 2023 to Tuesday 5th December 2023
  29 signatures

• Require all schools to have at least 75 minutes of break time a day
  Open from Monday 5th June 2023 to Tuesday 5th December 2023
  107 signatures

• Introduce statutory payments for Special Guardians of children
  Open from Friday 2nd June 2023 to Saturday 2nd December 2023
  41 signatures

• Bleed control kit training to be made part of the curriculum in schools
  Open from Friday 2nd June 2023 to Saturday 2nd December 2023
  30 signatures

• Make it compulsory for universities to record student suicide rates
  Open from Tuesday 30th May 2023 to Thursday 30th November 2023
  40 signatures

• Mandatory training for teachers to understand ADHD & autism
  Open from Tuesday 30th May 2023 to Thursday 30th November 2023
  1,682 signatures

• Require primary schools to assess students for neurodiversity
  Open from Tuesday 23rd May 2023 to Thursday 23rd November 2023
  59 signatures

• Give students a right to a day off on their birthday
  Open from Tuesday 23rd May 2023 to Thursday 23rd November 2023
  20 signatures

• Review the law on use of force on children in educational settings
  Open from Tuesday 23rd May 2023 to Thursday 23rd November 2023
  40 signatures

• Remove the English and Maths training requirements for nursing apprenticeships
  Open from Monday 22nd May 2023 to Wednesday 22nd November 2023
  18 signatures

• Add British Sign Language to the national curriculum
  Open from Monday 22nd May 2023 to Wednesday 22nd November 2023
  227 signatures

• End compulsory SATs for primary school children
  Open from Thursday 18th May 2023 to Saturday 18th November 2023
  379 signatures

• Ban schools from requiring students to take Religious Education GCSE
  Open from Monday 15th May 2023 to Wednesday 15th November 2023
  38 signatures

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