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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• Ban gender-based dress codes in schools and workplaces
  Open from Wednesday 27th July 2022 to Friday 10th February 2023
  54 signatures

• Extend 30 hours free childcare to NHS staff on Skilled Worker visas
  Open from Tuesday 26th July 2022 to Thursday 9th February 2023
  15 signatures

• Make student finance available for all second degrees
  Open from Monday 25th July 2022 to Wednesday 8th February 2023
  24 signatures

• Add British Sign Language into the national curriculum
  Open from Monday 25th July 2022 to Wednesday 8th February 2023
  927 signatures

• Ban school branding on shirts, polo shirts, trousers and skirts for all schools.
  Open from Monday 25th July 2022 to Wednesday 8th February 2023
  52 signatures

• Mandatory Mental Health Training for all educational and early years staff
  Open from Wednesday 20th July 2022 to Friday 3rd February 2023
  138 signatures

• Pay student teachers for their placement and provide bursaries for training
  Open from Wednesday 20th July 2022 to Friday 3rd February 2023
  63 signatures

• Require schools provide a halal meat option
  Open from Wednesday 20th July 2022 to Friday 3rd February 2023
  103 signatures

• Reform education to tackle racism
  Open from Tuesday 19th July 2022 to Thursday 2nd February 2023
  90 signatures

• Provide financial support for schools to install air conditioning in classrooms
  Open from Tuesday 19th July 2022 to Thursday 2nd February 2023
  19 signatures

• Recognise Teaching Assistants as an important asset to schools by raising wage.
  Open from Tuesday 19th July 2022 to Thursday 2nd February 2023
  88,410 signatures

• Require schools teach about Islam as part of religious education
  Open from Monday 18th July 2022 to Wednesday 1st February 2023
  432 signatures

• Ban parents and carers physically punishing their children in England
  Open from Monday 18th July 2022 to Wednesday 1st February 2023
  38 signatures

• Require schools to allow students to wear PE kit all day when over 24 degrees
  Open from Friday 15th July 2022 to Sunday 29th January 2023
  25 signatures

• Increase awareness of the dangers of swimming in lakes and rivers
  Open from Thursday 14th July 2022 to Saturday 28th January 2023
  388 signatures

• Include Fairtrade bananas in the free fruit for schools scheme.
  Open from Tuesday 12th July 2022 to Thursday 26th January 2023
  6,565 signatures

• Fund more specialist school places for children with special educational needs
  Open from Monday 11th July 2022 to Wednesday 25th January 2023
  16,972 signatures

• Ensure fair grading for GCSE students in 2023
  Open from Monday 11th July 2022 to Wednesday 25th January 2023
  45 signatures

• All children in receipt of Universal Credit to receive free school meals
  Open from Friday 8th July 2022 to Sunday 22nd January 2023
  334 signatures

• Commission an independent review of social services to protect children
  Open from Friday 8th July 2022 to Sunday 22nd January 2023
  144 signatures

• Fund pay rises for teachers in line with inflation
  Open from Friday 8th July 2022 to Sunday 22nd January 2023
  117 signatures

• Increase funding for diagnosis and treatment of speech and language needs
  Open from Tuesday 5th July 2022 to Thursday 19th January 2023
  306 signatures

• Extend ‘qualifying school’ criteria for free school bus travel
  Open from Tuesday 5th July 2022 to Thursday 19th January 2023
  270 signatures

• Scrap university fees for doctors, nurses, etc providing they finish the course.
  Open from Tuesday 5th July 2022 to Thursday 19th January 2023
  165 signatures

• Remove references to 'gender identity' from relationships education guidance
  Open from Monday 4th July 2022 to Wednesday 18th January 2023
  38,397 signatures

• Make self-defence part of the secondary Physical Education curriculum
  Open from Monday 4th July 2022 to Wednesday 18th January 2023
  83 signatures

• Make the DSL role in schools a stand-alone role with no other responsibility
  Open from Monday 4th July 2022 to Wednesday 18th January 2023
  12 signatures

• Reduce the content in 2023 GCSE and A Level exams
  Open from Monday 4th July 2022 to Wednesday 18th January 2023
  54 signatures

• Require schools teach about 'stigmatization' in primary school
  Open from Monday 4th July 2022 to Wednesday 18th January 2023
  19 signatures

• Extend 15 hours free childcare to all 2-year old children
  Open from Wednesday 29th June 2022 to Thursday 12th January 2023
  121 signatures

• Include parenting skills in the national curriculum
  Open from Wednesday 29th June 2022 to Thursday 12th January 2023
  18 signatures

• Increase free childcare for working parents with children under school age
  Open from Tuesday 28th June 2022 to Wednesday 11th January 2023
  331 signatures

• Require schools to allow children to wear shorts and skirts in hot weather
  Open from Thursday 23rd June 2022 to Friday 6th January 2023
  1,067 signatures

• Make computer gaming a compulsory school subject
  Open from Tuesday 21st June 2022 to Wednesday 4th January 2023
  27 signatures

• Reform A levels to increase contribution of coursework to A level grades
  Open from Monday 20th June 2022 to Tuesday 3rd January 2023
  26 signatures

• Start free childcare from child's 3rd birthday not the term after
  Open from Wednesday 15th June 2022 to Thursday 29th December 2022
  259 signatures

• Introduce Nutrition as an additional compulsory subject from KS1 - KS4.
  Open from Tuesday 14th June 2022 to Wednesday 28th December 2022
  14 signatures

• To exclude non-guaranteed overtime on child maintenance payments.
  Open from Monday 13th June 2022 to Tuesday 27th December 2022
  27 signatures

• Add Romanian to the Modern Languages GCSE
  Open from Friday 10th June 2022 to Saturday 24th December 2022
  11,166 signatures

• Justice for children incorrectly labelled "educationally subnormal" in 1960s/70s
  Open from Thursday 9th June 2022 to Friday 23rd December 2022
  515 signatures

• Make ‘Mental Health Studies’ a separate subject in the National Curriculum
  Open from Tuesday 7th June 2022 to Wednesday 21st December 2022
  1,572 signatures

• Fund free school transport for all under 18s
  Open from Tuesday 7th June 2022 to Wednesday 21st December 2022
  83 signatures

• Extend 30 hours free childcare to people with no access to public funds
  Open from Monday 6th June 2022 to Tuesday 20th December 2022
  91 signatures

• Fund specialist provision for SEND children in all schools
  Open from Monday 6th June 2022 to Tuesday 20th December 2022
  81 signatures

• Provide free school meals for ALL school children in England by autumn 2022
  Open from Monday 6th June 2022 to Tuesday 20th December 2022
  1,525 signatures

• Allow open-book GCSE's for English Literature starting from 2023 and onwards
  Open from Wednesday 1st June 2022 to Thursday 15th December 2022
  56 signatures

• Do not require parents to register home educated children with local authorities
  Open from Tuesday 31st May 2022 to Wednesday 14th December 2022
  11,116 signatures

• Give schoolchildren 5 flexible days off school each year
  Open from Monday 30th May 2022 to Wednesday 14th December 2022
  107 signatures

• Ban private schools
  Open from Monday 30th May 2022 to Wednesday 14th December 2022
  37 signatures

• Anyone aged 17 or below can go to a safe place without parental consent
  Open from Friday 27th May 2022 to Sunday 11th December 2022
  21 signatures

• Remove Ofsted’s involvement in counselling services for adopted adults.
  Open from Friday 27th May 2022 to Sunday 11th December 2022
  28 signatures

• Require schools teach students about knife crime in Year 8 and 9
  Open from Tuesday 24th May 2022 to Thursday 8th December 2022
  465 signatures

• Make the national curriculum more inclusive of LGBTQIA+ topics
  Open from Monday 23rd May 2022 to Wednesday 7th December 2022
  29 signatures

• Require schools teach students about gender identity by Year 6
  Open from Monday 23rd May 2022 to Wednesday 7th December 2022
  101 signatures

• Improve support for students with dyslexia and other learning difficulties
  Open from Monday 16th May 2022 to Wednesday 30th November 2022
  81 signatures

• Extend 30 hours free childcare to student midwives/nurses/paramedics
  Open from Monday 16th May 2022 to Wednesday 30th November 2022
  11,366 signatures

• Stop child maintenance payments when the child is being unreasonably withheld.
  Open from Friday 13th May 2022 to Sunday 27th November 2022
  53 signatures

• Require Ukrainian children be offered school places within 14 days of arrival
  Open from Thursday 12th May 2022 to Saturday 26th November 2022
  172 signatures

• Add fire awareness to the national curriculum
  Open from Wednesday 11th May 2022 to Friday 25th November 2022
  24 signatures

• Extend Ofsted regulation to all after-school clubs, with annual inspections
  Open from Friday 6th May 2022 to Sunday 20th November 2022
  36 signatures

• Abolish all school exams and replace with teacher assessments
  Open from Thursday 5th May 2022 to Saturday 19th November 2022
  33 signatures

• Fund air filters and reintroduce measures to protect children and school staff
  Open from Thursday 5th May 2022 to Saturday 19th November 2022
  2,119 signatures

• Allow international students to apply for graduate visa before final result
  Open from Thursday 5th May 2022 to Saturday 19th November 2022
  15 signatures

• Introduce Albanian language as a GCSE and A Level
  Open from Wednesday 4th May 2022 to Friday 18th November 2022
  1,916 signatures

• Ban isolation as a punishment in schools.
  Open from Wednesday 4th May 2022 to Friday 18th November 2022
  26 signatures

• End all national tests in schools until GCSEs and A-Levels
  Open from Friday 29th April 2022 to Saturday 12th November 2022
  19 signatures

• Do not reduce staff-child ratios in early years childcare

• Do not reduce staff-child ratios in early years childcare
  Open from Friday 29th April 2022 to Saturday 12th November 2022
  109,488 signatures

• Increase funding to early years settings which support children with SEN
  Open from Thursday 28th April 2022 to Friday 11th November 2022
  465 signatures

• Make Domestic & Sexual Abuse Policies Mandatory at Higher Education Institutions
  Open from Thursday 28th April 2022 to Friday 11th November 2022
  85 signatures

• Don’t increase student loan interest rate to 12%, and tie to base rate instead
  Open from Wednesday 27th April 2022 to Thursday 10th November 2022
  35 signatures

• Require exam bodies and schools to allow calculators during GCSE maths exams
  Open from Tuesday 26th April 2022 to Wednesday 9th November 2022
  19 signatures

• Abolish Cafcass and review how parental alienation is assessed in family courts
  Open from Tuesday 26th April 2022 to Wednesday 9th November 2022
  17 signatures

• Require all educational establishments to have CCTV outside toilets
  Open from Monday 25th April 2022 to Tuesday 8th November 2022
  103 signatures

• Allow students to choose one exam paper per subject to be replaced with TAGs
  Open from Monday 25th April 2022 to Tuesday 8th November 2022
  12 signatures

• Review the fostering system to make it fairer and faster
  Open from Friday 22nd April 2022 to Saturday 5th November 2022
  37 signatures

• Reform child maintenance rules for parents who receive and pay maintenance
  Open from Thursday 21st April 2022 to Friday 4th November 2022
  579 signatures

• Make female hormone health a compulsory part of the curriculum starting age 10
  Open from Thursday 21st April 2022 to Friday 4th November 2022
  143 signatures

• Require schools to make Friday a part of the school weekend
  Open from Thursday 21st April 2022 to Friday 4th November 2022
  571 signatures

• Require and fund training on autism for all staff in mainstream schools
  Open from Tuesday 19th April 2022 to Wednesday 2nd November 2022
  196 signatures

• Require schools to have separate toilets for boys and girls
  Open from Tuesday 12th April 2022 to Wednesday 26th October 2022
  58 signatures

• Require schools allow students to wear PE kit for whole day on PE days
  Open from Monday 11th April 2022 to Tuesday 25th October 2022
  212 signatures

• Replace 2022 GCSE and A-Level exams with teacher assessed grades
  Open from Monday 11th April 2022 to Tuesday 25th October 2022
  21 signatures

• Fund ESOL courses for Ukrainians arriving to UK
  Open from Monday 11th April 2022 to Tuesday 25th October 2022
  18 signatures

• Make teaching of age-appropriate sex education compulsory from Year 6
  Open from Friday 8th April 2022 to Saturday 22nd October 2022
  289 signatures

• Limit secondary schools days to 5.5 hours
  Open from Friday 8th April 2022 to Saturday 22nd October 2022
  55 signatures

• Fund free childcare for all from 3 months to school age
  Open from Thursday 7th April 2022 to Friday 21st October 2022
  34 signatures

• Reform assessment of English GCSEs
  Open from Thursday 7th April 2022 to Friday 21st October 2022
  37 signatures

• Review school start times in line with the needs of adolescents
  Open from Wednesday 6th April 2022 to Thursday 20th October 2022
  27 signatures

• Review assessment of autistic students to ensure they are not disadvantaged
  Open from Wednesday 6th April 2022 to Thursday 20th October 2022
  110 signatures

• Extend the Service Pupil Premium (SPP) to Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
  Open from Wednesday 6th April 2022 to Thursday 20th October 2022
  163 signatures

• Add the 9/11 attacks to the national curriculum
  Open from Wednesday 6th April 2022 to Thursday 20th October 2022
  15 signatures

• Require schools have at least three physical education lessons a week
  Open from Monday 4th April 2022 to Tuesday 18th October 2022
  17 signatures

• Make learning the countries of the world in school part of the curriculum
  Open from Monday 4th April 2022 to Tuesday 18th October 2022
  16 signatures

• Make the period of Ramadan a school holiday
  Open from Friday 1st April 2022 to Saturday 15th October 2022
  29 signatures

• Stop schools from banning clothing associated with particular religions
  Open from Wednesday 30th March 2022 to Friday 14th October 2022
  158 signatures

• Start school at 10am to help teenagers with tiredness
  Open from Monday 28th March 2022 to Wednesday 12th October 2022
  16,588 signatures

• Prevent enforcement of school uniforms if temperatures exceed a certain level
  Open from Monday 28th March 2022 to Wednesday 12th October 2022
  91 signatures

• Review English GCSEs to make them more accessible
  Open from Friday 25th March 2022 to Sunday 9th October 2022
  14 signatures

• Require schools close at 1pm on Friday so Muslims can go to mosque
  Open from Thursday 24th March 2022 to Saturday 8th October 2022
  244 signatures

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