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 19 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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• 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

• 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

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