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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• Scrap fines for taking children out of school in term time
  Open from Monday 23rd January 2023 to Sunday 23rd July 2023
  324 signatures

• Justice for children incorrectly labelled "educationally subnormal" in 1960s/70s
  Open from Monday 23rd January 2023 to Sunday 23rd July 2023
  833 signatures

• Increase the money children on free school meals receive to buy their meals
  Open from Friday 20th January 2023 to Thursday 20th July 2023
  20 signatures

• Allow students who self-funded 1st degree to access student loan for 2nd degree
  Open from Friday 20th January 2023 to Thursday 20th July 2023
  20 signatures

• Do not remove LGBT content from the Relationships Education curriculum
  Open from Friday 20th January 2023 to Thursday 20th July 2023
  104,920 signatures

• Introduce a new core subject of Personal Finances for Years 9 to 11
  Open from Thursday 19th January 2023 to Wednesday 19th July 2023
  26 signatures

• Require all mainstream teachers do training placements in an SEN school
  Open from Thursday 19th January 2023 to Wednesday 19th July 2023
  126 signatures

• Publish mandatory curriculum content on online safety for children
  Open from Wednesday 18th January 2023 to Tuesday 18th July 2023
  771 signatures

• Write off student loans for NHS and state school staff after five years
  Open from Wednesday 18th January 2023 to Tuesday 18th July 2023
  32 signatures

• Reinstate Taekwondo to the activity lists for GCSE and A Level PE
  Open from Tuesday 17th January 2023 to Monday 17th July 2023
  35 signatures

• Ensure fair grading for A Level students in 2023
  Open from Monday 16th January 2023 to Sunday 16th July 2023
  717 signatures

• Abolish tuition fees
  Open from Friday 13th January 2023 to Thursday 13th July 2023
  92 signatures

• Make mental health an authorised reason to be absent from school
  Open from Thursday 12th January 2023 to Wednesday 12th July 2023
  44 signatures

• Remove LGBT content from the Relationships Education curriculum
  Open from Thursday 12th January 2023 to Wednesday 12th July 2023
  249,594 signatures

• Cancel plans for "maths to 18"
  Open from Wednesday 11th January 2023 to Tuesday 11th July 2023
  52 signatures

• Ban isolation across schools in England
  Open from Monday 9th January 2023 to Sunday 9th July 2023
  979 signatures

• Require all secondary schools and colleges to have a full-time counsellor
  Open from Thursday 5th January 2023 to Wednesday 5th July 2023
  64 signatures

• All Primary school children should receive free school meals
  Open from Thursday 29th December 2022 to Thursday 29th June 2023
  100 signatures

• Make Animal Rights Required Learning on the School Curriculum
  Open from Wednesday 28th December 2022 to Wednesday 28th June 2023
  81 signatures

• For English Literature to be an optional GCSE.
  Open from Wednesday 28th December 2022 to Wednesday 28th June 2023
  25 signatures

• Increase the fixed cost school funding to a minimum of £500,000 per school
  Open from Wednesday 28th December 2022 to Wednesday 28th June 2023
  55 signatures

• Change the way child benefit high income tax is calculated to total income
  Open from Wednesday 21st December 2022 to Wednesday 21st June 2023
  4,401 signatures

• Require schools to teach child sexual abuse and exploitation prevention
  Open from Wednesday 21st December 2022 to Wednesday 21st June 2023
  70 signatures

• Ban after school detentions and isolation punishments in school
  Open from Tuesday 20th December 2022 to Tuesday 20th June 2023
  42 signatures

• Shut nurseries and schools to stop strep A infection spreading
  Open from Tuesday 20th December 2022 to Tuesday 20th June 2023
  19 signatures

• Make it a crime to stop someone from seeing their child, if not for violence.
  Open from Monday 19th December 2022 to Monday 19th June 2023
  24 signatures

• Increase funding to support autistic children.
  Open from Monday 19th December 2022 to Monday 19th June 2023
  30 signatures

• Keep Maths and English A-Level non-compulsory and let us keep a choice
  Open from Thursday 15th December 2022 to Thursday 15th June 2023
  288 signatures

• Require Universities to refund students during strike action
  Open from Thursday 8th December 2022 to Thursday 8th June 2023
  696 signatures

• Adjust childcare ratios for 3-4 year olds from 1:13 to maximum 1:10
  Open from Friday 2nd December 2022 to Friday 2nd June 2023
  89 signatures

• Make it compulsory that Secondary schools do a minimum of 2 hours PE a week
  Open from Wednesday 30th November 2022 to Tuesday 30th May 2023
  19 signatures

• Add content on diversity in politics to the national curriculum
  Open from Tuesday 29th November 2022 to Monday 29th May 2023
  25 signatures

• Ban uniform in schools.
  Open from Monday 28th November 2022 to Sunday 28th May 2023
  1,682 signatures

• Extend period product scheme to staff, apprentices and higher education
  Open from Friday 25th November 2022 to Thursday 25th May 2023
  20 signatures

• Refund tuition fees for 2020-2023 university students
  Open from Wednesday 23rd November 2022 to Tuesday 23rd May 2023
  62 signatures

• Require siblings to be a priority in school admission oversubscription criteria
  Open from Tuesday 22nd November 2022 to Monday 22nd May 2023
  43 signatures

• Increase funding for early years settings
  Open from Tuesday 22nd November 2022 to Monday 22nd May 2023
  15,983 signatures

• An immediate review of Childcare Funding
  Open from Tuesday 22nd November 2022 to Monday 22nd May 2023
  3,096 signatures

• Give secondary school students a right to take a day off school a month
  Open from Monday 21st November 2022 to Sunday 21st May 2023
  33 signatures

• Provide funding for mental wellbeing staff for children in schools and college
  Open from Friday 18th November 2022 to Thursday 18th May 2023
  1,368 signatures

• Require schools to have half days on Fridays
  Open from Friday 18th November 2022 to Thursday 18th May 2023
  48 signatures

• Give all children with an EHCP a right to free school transport
  Open from Thursday 17th November 2022 to Wednesday 17th May 2023
  23 signatures

• Rename Religious studies GCSE to Cultural studies and ethics GCSE
  Open from Thursday 17th November 2022 to Wednesday 17th May 2023
  16 signatures

• Fund increased pay for teachers who work with SEND children
  Open from Thursday 17th November 2022 to Wednesday 17th May 2023
  37 signatures

• Introduce mandatory training for all staff working with children with SEN.
  Open from Monday 14th November 2022 to Sunday 14th May 2023
  1,581 signatures

• 10 O'clock Start Times For Schools
  Open from Monday 14th November 2022 to Sunday 14th May 2023
  124 signatures

• Introduce new rules regarding the suicide of higher education students
  Open from Tuesday 8th November 2022 to Monday 8th May 2023
  5,135 signatures

• Fund regular in-school dental health check-ups for children
  Open from Monday 7th November 2022 to Sunday 7th May 2023
  193 signatures

• Increase funding for schools to ensure that they do not enter deficit
  Open from Thursday 3rd November 2022 to Wednesday 3rd May 2023
  12,418 signatures

• Ban more than 1 hour of homework every week
  Open from Thursday 3rd November 2022 to Wednesday 3rd May 2023
  19 signatures

• Add Economics GCSE to the English Baccalaureate alongside Geography or History
  Open from Tuesday 1st November 2022 to Monday 1st May 2023
  107 signatures

• Fund nit nurses in all schools
  Open from Thursday 27th October 2022 to Thursday 27th April 2023
  18 signatures

• Increase student maintenance loans in line with inflation on a yearly basis
  Open from Wednesday 26th October 2022 to Wednesday 26th April 2023
  1,315 signatures

• Introduce Dementia Information Sessions on the National Curriculum
  Open from Monday 24th October 2022 to Monday 24th April 2023
  23 signatures

• Review and increase foster care allowances and tax exemptions
  Open from Monday 24th October 2022 to Monday 24th April 2023
  13,310 signatures

• Add accessibility to the national curriculum
  Open from Thursday 20th October 2022 to Thursday 20th April 2023
  233 signatures

• Make economics a mandatory subject in the national curriculum
  Open from Thursday 20th October 2022 to Thursday 20th April 2023
  17 signatures

• Increase PGCE bursary amounts for the academic year 2022/23
  Open from Thursday 20th October 2022 to Thursday 20th April 2023
  89 signatures

• Ban video games
  Open from Wednesday 19th October 2022 to Wednesday 19th April 2023
  19 signatures

• Ban schools from being able to set homework
  Open from Tuesday 18th October 2022 to Tuesday 18th April 2023
  600 signatures

• Add "Black - British" to the DfE school census ethnicity codes
  Open from Tuesday 18th October 2022 to Tuesday 18th April 2023
  130 signatures

• Extend student finance to non-UK citizens habitually resident in the UK
  Open from Friday 14th October 2022 to Friday 14th April 2023
  30 signatures

• Fund 30 hours free childcare from age 1 for families where both parents work
  Open from Thursday 13th October 2022 to Thursday 13th April 2023
  157,591 signatures

• Ensure ALL students with student loans NEVER pay back more than they borrowed
  Open from Thursday 13th October 2022 to Thursday 13th April 2023
  679 signatures

• Fund GCSE exams fees for homeschooled students
  Open from Tuesday 11th October 2022 to Tuesday 11th April 2023
  16 signatures

• Extend Cost of Living Payments to all students in higher education
  Open from Tuesday 11th October 2022 to Tuesday 11th April 2023
  565 signatures

• Add content on death, dying and bereavement to the national curriculum
  Open from Monday 10th October 2022 to Monday 10th April 2023
  11,322 signatures

• Require a 'trauma informed' adult in all educational settings for children.
  Open from Monday 10th October 2022 to Monday 10th April 2023
  3,204 signatures

• Create an online school system for children unable to attend school premises
  Open from Thursday 6th October 2022 to Thursday 6th April 2023
  36 signatures

• Add additional content on cancer to the health education curriculum
  Open from Wednesday 5th October 2022 to Wednesday 5th April 2023
  112 signatures

• Include a diversified range of authors for GCSE, A-level and primary curriculums
  Open from Tuesday 4th October 2022 to Tuesday 4th April 2023
  24 signatures

• Limit the school week to three days
  Open from Monday 3rd October 2022 to Monday 3rd April 2023
  38 signatures

• Fund free BSL Courses for parents or guardians of deaf children
  Open from Monday 3rd October 2022 to Monday 3rd April 2023
  26,671 signatures

• Make suicide prevention a compulsory part of the school curriculum.
  Open from Friday 23rd September 2022 to Thursday 23rd March 2023
  160,688 signatures

• Make continued education/apprenticeships optional for 16 year olds
  Open from Thursday 22nd September 2022 to Wednesday 22nd March 2023
  12 signatures

• Add alternative milks to the school milk subsidy scheme
  Open from Thursday 22nd September 2022 to Wednesday 22nd March 2023
  472 signatures

• Fund a free school uniform for every child
  Open from Thursday 22nd September 2022 to Wednesday 22nd March 2023
  73 signatures

• Include PCOS & Endometriosis education in the national secondary curriculum
  Open from Thursday 8th September 2022 to Wednesday 22nd March 2023
  3,105 signatures

• Require schools to have cubicles in student changing rooms
  Open from Wednesday 7th September 2022 to Tuesday 21st March 2023
  112 signatures

• Require schools to follow a 5 on, 1 off, 5 on, 2 off weekly schedule
  Open from Tuesday 6th September 2022 to Monday 20th March 2023
  9 signatures

• Create statutory legal duty of care for students in Higher Education
  Open from Monday 5th September 2022 to Sunday 19th March 2023
  128,292 signatures

• Increase required teaching on climate change in the national curriculum
  Open from Wednesday 31st August 2022 to Tuesday 14th March 2023
  129 signatures

• Launch a full Public Inquiry into child sexual exploitation (CSE) in Oldham
  Open from Wednesday 24th August 2022 to Friday 10th March 2023
  1,331 signatures

• Fund direct bus services to school for all school-aged children
  Open from Tuesday 23rd August 2022 to Thursday 9th March 2023
  18 signatures

• Reduce maximum tuition fees from £9,250 to £5,000
  Open from Tuesday 23rd August 2022 to Thursday 9th March 2023
  27 signatures

• Make Video Games a compulsory part of the national school curriculum
  Open from Wednesday 17th August 2022 to Friday 3rd March 2023
  10,747 signatures

• Require training on Autism for everyone who is in a childcare profession
  Open from Tuesday 16th August 2022 to Thursday 2nd March 2023
  378 signatures

• Suspend school uniform for 12 months
  Open from Tuesday 16th August 2022 to Thursday 2nd March 2023
  127 signatures

• Freeze student loan repayments for 12 months
  Open from Tuesday 9th August 2022 to Thursday 23rd February 2023
  25 signatures

• Fund extra provision of 1-to-1 childcare for SEND children under the age of 2
  Open from Tuesday 9th August 2022 to Thursday 23rd February 2023
  207 signatures

• Increase Postgraduate Master's Loans to a minimum of £18,000
  Open from Tuesday 9th August 2022 to Thursday 23rd February 2023
  41 signatures

• Expand the citizenship subject content on Human Rights
  Open from Tuesday 9th August 2022 to Thursday 23rd February 2023
  123 signatures

• Make the teaching of neurodiversity mandatory in schools
  Open from Monday 8th August 2022 to Wednesday 22nd February 2023
  82 signatures

• Remove Relationships Education from the primary school curriculum
  Open from Friday 5th August 2022 to Sunday 19th February 2023
  147 signatures

• Require schools to allow all children to play any sport they offer
  Open from Friday 5th August 2022 to Sunday 19th February 2023
  38 signatures

• Require schools offer all sports the school offers to children of any sex
  Open from Thursday 4th August 2022 to Saturday 18th February 2023
  115 signatures

• Stop courts being able to grant care orders based on risk of future suffering
  Open from Thursday 4th August 2022 to Saturday 18th February 2023
  2,034 signatures

• Make Plan 2 Student Loans fair by capping the interest rate at 1.5%.
  Open from Wednesday 3rd August 2022 to Friday 17th February 2023
  413 signatures

• Make the school national curriculum more culturally diverse
  Open from Monday 1st August 2022 to Wednesday 15th February 2023
  190 signatures

• Ban schools from setting more than four hours of homework a week
  Open from Thursday 28th July 2022 to Saturday 11th February 2023
  40 signatures

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