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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• Reduce the school leaving age to 11
  Open from Monday 15th May 2023 to Wednesday 15th November 2023
  16 signatures

• Increased funding to improve public schools
  Open from Friday 12th May 2023 to Sunday 12th November 2023
  45 signatures

• Ban the use of mobile phones in primary and secondary schools
  Open from Friday 12th May 2023 to Sunday 12th November 2023
  101 signatures

• Increase cultural diversity in the national curriculum
  Open from Thursday 11th May 2023 to Saturday 11th November 2023
  23 signatures

• Fund increased careers advice and job support for those with additional needs
  Open from Wednesday 10th May 2023 to Friday 10th November 2023
  103 signatures

• Fund increased support for SEN children in mainstream schools
  Open from Tuesday 9th May 2023 to Thursday 9th November 2023
  388 signatures

• Change Student Finance England payments to be monthly rather than termly
  Open from Friday 5th May 2023 to Sunday 5th November 2023
  170 signatures

• Require all teachers have termly training about signs of neurodiversity.
  Open from Friday 5th May 2023 to Sunday 5th November 2023
  415 signatures

• Ban homework except for GCSE coursework
  Open from Wednesday 3rd May 2023 to Friday 3rd November 2023
  375 signatures

• Make the school weekend Wednesday and Sunday, not Saturday and Sunday
  Open from Tuesday 2nd May 2023 to Thursday 2nd November 2023
  27 signatures

• Ban egg hatching projects in educational settings
  Open from Tuesday 2nd May 2023 to Thursday 2nd November 2023
  1,740 signatures

• Ensure all GCSE students are issued equation sheets
  Open from Friday 28th April 2023 to Saturday 28th October 2023
  18,150 signatures

• Require schools allow GCSE students to take study leave during exam period
  Open from Friday 28th April 2023 to Saturday 28th October 2023
  45 signatures

• Do not require schools to tell parents their child is transgender/non-binary
  Open from Thursday 27th April 2023 to Friday 27th October 2023
  39,948 signatures

• Ban academies and return responsibility for all state-funded schools to LAs
  Open from Thursday 27th April 2023 to Friday 27th October 2023
  27 signatures

• Cancel the GCSE exams for summer 2023
  Open from Thursday 27th April 2023 to Friday 27th October 2023
  16 signatures

• Ban primary schools from setting homework
  Open from Wednesday 26th April 2023 to Thursday 26th October 2023
  48 signatures

• Create a statutory behaviour and discipline policy that applies to all schools
  Open from Wednesday 26th April 2023 to Thursday 26th October 2023
  14 signatures

• Ensure fair grading for GCSE and A Level students in 2023 due to strikes
  Open from Wednesday 26th April 2023 to Thursday 26th October 2023
  369 signatures

• Ban 'restraining' and 'seclusion' rooms in all educational settings
  Open from Wednesday 26th April 2023 to Thursday 26th October 2023
  96 signatures

• Introduce longer winter holidays for schools instead of summer
  Open from Wednesday 26th April 2023 to Thursday 26th October 2023
  27 signatures

• Add learning about homelessness to the national curriculum
  Open from Wednesday 26th April 2023 to Thursday 26th October 2023
  34 signatures

• Save funding for Travel and tourism courses post 2025
  Open from Tuesday 25th April 2023 to Wednesday 25th October 2023
  83 signatures

• Fund starter packs for girls in primary school for their first period
  Open from Monday 17th April 2023 to Tuesday 17th October 2023
  38 signatures

• Ban single-use plastic cutlery and plates in schools
  Open from Monday 17th April 2023 to Tuesday 17th October 2023
  149 signatures

• Fund increased pay for NHS and teachers to reflect local vacancy rates
  Open from Friday 14th April 2023 to Saturday 14th October 2023
  25 signatures

• Add ballet to the national curriculum for primary schools
  Open from Thursday 13th April 2023 to Friday 13th October 2023
  177 signatures

• Fully fund pay awards for school staff
  Open from Tuesday 11th April 2023 to Wednesday 11th October 2023
  2,724 signatures

• Immediately pause all school inspections pending an independent review
  Open from Thursday 6th April 2023 to Friday 6th October 2023
  19 signatures

• Commit to and fund all schools being zero carbon by 2030
  Open from Wednesday 5th April 2023 to Thursday 5th October 2023
  1,494 signatures

• Increase funding for SEND support in early years and school
  Open from Wednesday 5th April 2023 to Thursday 5th October 2023
  126 signatures

• Support for GCSE and A-Level exams in 2024 due to impact of covid-19 and strikes
  Open from Wednesday 5th April 2023 to Thursday 5th October 2023
  502 signatures

• Abolish Ofsted ratings
  Open from Tuesday 4th April 2023 to Wednesday 4th October 2023
  35 signatures

• End Behaviour Hub programme and investigate impact of school behaviour policies
  Open from Thursday 30th March 2023 to Saturday 30th September 2023
  1,370 signatures

• Stop schools requiring specific GCSEs other than Maths, English and Science
  Open from Thursday 30th March 2023 to Saturday 30th September 2023
  25 signatures

• Introduce fines for local authorities that lose SEND tribunals
  Open from Wednesday 29th March 2023 to Friday 29th September 2023
  23 signatures

• Improve support for students with epilepsy, and teaching about it in schools
  Open from Wednesday 29th March 2023 to Friday 29th September 2023
  29 signatures

• Ban homework in schools apart from core/GCSE subjects.
  Open from Tuesday 28th March 2023 to Thursday 28th September 2023
  23 signatures

• Fund pay for student teachers completing placements
  Open from Monday 27th March 2023 to Wednesday 27th September 2023
  247 signatures

• Make swimming lessons mandatory in school from age 5
  Open from Friday 24th March 2023 to Sunday 24th September 2023
  778 signatures

• Urgently review the current Ofsted Framework and associated methodology
  Open from Thursday 23rd March 2023 to Saturday 23rd September 2023
  64,034 signatures

• Abolish Ofsted and replace with a new system
  Open from Thursday 23rd March 2023 to Saturday 23rd September 2023
  905 signatures

• Require schools have at least one Physical Education lesson a day
  Open from Wednesday 22nd March 2023 to Friday 22nd September 2023
  16 signatures

• Replace modern foreign languages with sign language
  Open from Tuesday 21st March 2023 to Thursday 21st September 2023
  13 signatures

• Permanently Scrap Examinations for GCSEs and A Levels
  Open from Tuesday 21st March 2023 to Thursday 21st September 2023
  20 signatures

• Legally increase teacher's PPA time to 20%
  Open from Tuesday 21st March 2023 to Thursday 21st September 2023
  36 signatures

• Ban schools from requiring students to do Extended Project Qualifications (EPQs)
  Open from Monday 20th March 2023 to Wednesday 20th September 2023
  10 signatures

• Give schools access to names and photographs of registered sex offenders
  Open from Monday 20th March 2023 to Wednesday 20th September 2023
  268 signatures

• Stop the ratio changes for 2 year-olds in nurseries in England
  Open from Monday 20th March 2023 to Wednesday 20th September 2023
  191 signatures

• Make knife crime prevention a compulsory requirement for all school curriculum
  Open from Friday 17th March 2023 to Sunday 17th September 2023
  10,236 signatures

• Bring in March 2023 budget changes to childcare allowances immediately
  Open from Friday 17th March 2023 to Sunday 17th September 2023
  582 signatures

• Require secondary schools to teach about the risks of vaping
  Open from Thursday 16th March 2023 to Saturday 16th September 2023
  93 signatures

• Fund degrees for all medical students, provided they work at NHS for 5 years
  Open from Thursday 16th March 2023 to Saturday 16th September 2023
  29 signatures

• Mandatory Lessons on Animal Slaughter in Schools
  Open from Wednesday 15th March 2023 to Friday 15th September 2023
  3,772 signatures

• Ban processed meat from nursery and school menus in England
  Open from Wednesday 15th March 2023 to Friday 15th September 2023
  75 signatures

• Remove parental income assessment from student maintenance loan for siblings
  Open from Tuesday 14th March 2023 to Thursday 14th September 2023
  147 signatures

• Increase funding for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) education
  Open from Monday 13th March 2023 to Wednesday 13th September 2023
  12,405 signatures

• Require secondary schools to have a nine week summer holiday
  Open from Friday 10th March 2023 to Sunday 10th September 2023
  21 signatures

• Require Universities to Train Staff on Neurodiversity
  Open from Friday 10th March 2023 to Sunday 10th September 2023
  16,803 signatures

• Make school libraries and librarians a statutory requirement
  Open from Wednesday 8th March 2023 to Friday 8th September 2023
  2,837 signatures

• Introduce new requirements to protect students with allergies in school
  Open from Wednesday 8th March 2023 to Friday 8th September 2023
  13,027 signatures

• Increase financial support for 4th/5th year medical students on NHS bursaries
  Open from Monday 6th March 2023 to Wednesday 6th September 2023
  344 signatures

• Require proof of education for child maintenance for children aged 16-20
  Open from Friday 3rd March 2023 to Sunday 3rd September 2023
  129 signatures

• Include Creation Science in the National Curriculum.
  Open from Tuesday 28th February 2023 to Monday 28th August 2023
  1,311 signatures

• Give students who miss exams due to illness a right to Centre Assessed Grades
  Open from Tuesday 28th February 2023 to Monday 28th August 2023
  6,535 signatures

• Extend 15 hours free childcare for 2 year olds to all working parents
  Open from Monday 27th February 2023 to Sunday 27th August 2023
  56 signatures

• Require exam boards provide advance information about 2023 exams
  Open from Monday 27th February 2023 to Sunday 27th August 2023
  4,317 signatures

• Fund free school meals for all primary and secondary schools
  Open from Friday 24th February 2023 to Thursday 24th August 2023
  53 signatures

• Subsidise school sports kit for girls from lower-income families.
  Open from Thursday 23rd February 2023 to Wednesday 23rd August 2023
  409 signatures

• Fund free tuition fees for all doctors and nurses who agree to work for the NHS
  Open from Friday 17th February 2023 to Thursday 17th August 2023
  32 signatures

• Include the 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement in National KS 3 & 4 History Curriculum
  Open from Wednesday 15th February 2023 to Tuesday 15th August 2023
  83 signatures

• Allow school children 5 days of absence: for family, holidays & mental wellbeing
  Open from Wednesday 15th February 2023 to Tuesday 15th August 2023
  210 signatures

• Review parental leave and pay, and access to affordable childcare
  Open from Tuesday 14th February 2023 to Monday 14th August 2023
  536 signatures

• Seek to rejoin the Erasmus programme
  Open from Tuesday 14th February 2023 to Monday 14th August 2023
  695 signatures

• Make nit nurses mandatory in schools
  Open from Tuesday 14th February 2023 to Monday 14th August 2023
  84 signatures

• Give parents rights to withdraw children from Relationships and Sex Education
  Open from Monday 13th February 2023 to Sunday 13th August 2023
  294 signatures

• Make all term dates across all schools in England the same
  Open from Monday 13th February 2023 to Sunday 13th August 2023
  22 signatures

• Make self-defence lessons compulsory on the school curriculum
  Open from Monday 13th February 2023 to Sunday 13th August 2023
  254 signatures

• Introduce a regulator to oversee the EHCP process
  Open from Monday 13th February 2023 to Sunday 13th August 2023
  769 signatures

• Ban animal dissection in schools and colleges
  Open from Thursday 9th February 2023 to Wednesday 9th August 2023
  379 signatures

• Make anti-abuse and mental health compulsory secondary schools subjects
  Open from Thursday 9th February 2023 to Wednesday 9th August 2023
  60 signatures

• Review how local authorities support children with special educational needs
  Open from Wednesday 8th February 2023 to Tuesday 8th August 2023
  314 signatures

• Make it compulsory for schools to teach about the British Empire
  Open from Wednesday 8th February 2023 to Tuesday 8th August 2023
  30 signatures

• Ensure GCSE students are issued equation sheets for 2024 exams
  Open from Wednesday 8th February 2023 to Tuesday 8th August 2023
  51 signatures

• Grant Home Fee status for all who are in the UK under the BNO visa
  Open from Wednesday 8th February 2023 to Tuesday 8th August 2023
  6,342 signatures

• Ensure GCSE students are issued equation sheets in 2024
  Open from Tuesday 7th February 2023 to Monday 7th August 2023
  474 signatures

• Increase curriculum content on crime for Key Stages 3 and 4
  Open from Tuesday 7th February 2023 to Monday 7th August 2023
  32 signatures

• Make training about online sexual abuse mandatory for teachers
  Open from Monday 6th February 2023 to Sunday 6th August 2023
  23 signatures

• Introduce Sharia Compliant Student Loans
  Open from Monday 6th February 2023 to Sunday 6th August 2023
  162 signatures

• Ban education staff from going on strike
  Open from Friday 3rd February 2023 to Thursday 3rd August 2023
  88 signatures

• Increase student Maintenance Loans in England to close £1,500 inflation gap
  Open from Monday 30th January 2023 to Sunday 30th July 2023
  7,514 signatures

• Make Mondays part of the school weekend
  Open from Friday 27th January 2023 to Thursday 27th July 2023
  3,911 signatures

• Provide food vouchers for disabled children, unable to access their meals.
  Open from Thursday 26th January 2023 to Wednesday 26th July 2023
  415 signatures

• Fund heating in schools and set a legal minimum temperature for classrooms
  Open from Thursday 26th January 2023 to Wednesday 26th July 2023
  62 signatures

• Ensure fair grading for GCSE and A Level students in 2023
  Open from Thursday 26th January 2023 to Wednesday 26th July 2023
  37,120 signatures

• Dedicated Government grants for schools to improve sustainability
  Open from Thursday 26th January 2023 to Wednesday 26th July 2023
  122 signatures

• Require shorter, more frequent exams for A levels
  Open from Thursday 26th January 2023 to Wednesday 26th July 2023
  17 signatures

• Fund additional support for children during the EHCP assessment process
  Open from Tuesday 24th January 2023 to Monday 24th July 2023
  821 signatures

• Give secondary school students a right pray in school
  Open from Tuesday 24th January 2023 to Monday 24th July 2023
  16,309 signatures

• Fund after school care for all disabled children
  Open from Monday 23rd January 2023 to Sunday 23rd July 2023
  164 signatures

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