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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• Require all schools give GCSE and A Level students study leave before exams
  Open from Thursday 24th March 2022 to Saturday 8th October 2022
  17 signatures

• Require exam boards provide advance information about 2023 exam content
  Open from Tuesday 22nd March 2022 to Thursday 6th October 2022
  826 signatures

• Substantially raise minimum fostering allowances due to current cost of living
  Open from Tuesday 22nd March 2022 to Thursday 6th October 2022
  1,459 signatures

• Ban the use of strip search in schools
  Open from Tuesday 22nd March 2022 to Thursday 6th October 2022
  2,829 signatures

• Prohibit single-sex schools
  Open from Tuesday 22nd March 2022 to Thursday 6th October 2022
  21 signatures

• Extend Tax-Free Childcare to people on Skilled Work/Tier 2 visas
  Open from Monday 21st March 2022 to Wednesday 5th October 2022
  16 signatures

• Increase funding for Sure Start children's centres
  Open from Monday 21st March 2022 to Wednesday 5th October 2022
  28 signatures

• Ensure advance information fair grading for A Level exam students in 2023
  Open from Monday 21st March 2022 to Wednesday 5th October 2022
  39 signatures

• Off-rolling of pupils should be done through Ofsted or other independent body
  Open from Monday 21st March 2022 to Wednesday 5th October 2022
  10 signatures

• Add sociology to the national curriculum from year 7 to year 9
  Open from Friday 18th March 2022 to Sunday 2nd October 2022
  22 signatures

• All schools to be issued a portrait of Her Majesty the Queen this Jubilee Year
  Open from Thursday 17th March 2022 to Saturday 1st October 2022
  1,567 signatures

• Create a statutory Mental Health & Wellbeing Policy for all schools & colleges
  Open from Thursday 17th March 2022 to Saturday 1st October 2022
  53 signatures

• Increase funding for existing and new youth clubs
  Open from Thursday 17th March 2022 to Saturday 1st October 2022
  59 signatures

• Do not implement proposed changes to student loans
  Open from Monday 14th March 2022 to Wednesday 28th September 2022
  45 signatures

• Increase funding for school meals so schools can invest in healthier foods
  Open from Monday 14th March 2022 to Wednesday 28th September 2022
  38 signatures

• Reinstate martial arts onto the activity lists for GCSE and A level
  Open from Thursday 10th March 2022 to Saturday 24th September 2022
  752 signatures

• Make Health Education a compulsory separate subject in all schools.
  Open from Thursday 10th March 2022 to Saturday 24th September 2022
  88 signatures

• Reduce maximum tuition fees to £7,500 as recommended by the Augar Review 2019
  Open from Tuesday 8th March 2022 to Thursday 8th September 2022
  32 signatures

• Reform GCSE Mathematics to have 'core' and 'advanced' options
  Open from Friday 4th March 2022 to Sunday 4th September 2022
  82 signatures

• Offer student visas and funding for higher education to students fleeing Ukraine
  Open from Thursday 3rd March 2022 to Saturday 3rd September 2022
  62 signatures

• Make learning about child abuse part of the national curriculum
  Open from Tuesday 1st March 2022 to Thursday 1st September 2022
  39 signatures

• Create targeted support for children of parents with a mental illness
  Open from Tuesday 1st March 2022 to Thursday 1st September 2022
  782 signatures

• Make student finance available to everyone with leave to remain in the UK
  Open from Monday 28th February 2022 to Sunday 28th August 2022
  12 signatures

• Require universities to refund students due to COVID disruptions and strikes
  Open from Monday 28th February 2022 to Sunday 28th August 2022
  80 signatures

• Do not make student loans contingent on past grades
  Open from Monday 28th February 2022 to Sunday 28th August 2022
  373 signatures

• Add hidden disabilities to the national curriculum
  Open from Monday 28th February 2022 to Sunday 28th August 2022
  408 signatures

• Extend the definition of ‘looked after’ children
  Open from Friday 25th February 2022 to Thursday 25th August 2022
  138 signatures

• Prevent children in care being removed from homes without reasonable notice
  Open from Tuesday 22nd February 2022 to Monday 22nd August 2022
  65 signatures

• Fund free boarding school places for young people unable to live at home
  Open from Tuesday 22nd February 2022 to Monday 22nd August 2022
  52 signatures

• Require schools to make uniform optional
  Open from Monday 21st February 2022 to Sunday 21st August 2022
  95 signatures

• Bring back the Education Maintenance Allowance for eligible students in England
  Open from Monday 21st February 2022 to Sunday 21st August 2022
  60 signatures

• Require schools provide a vegan meal option every day
  Open from Thursday 17th February 2022 to Wednesday 17th August 2022
  26,005 signatures

• Conduct an independent public inquiry into the Birmingham ‘Trojan Horse’ affair.
  Open from Thursday 17th February 2022 to Wednesday 17th August 2022
  6,705 signatures

• Make it compulsory for schools and workplaces to have recycling bins
  Open from Wednesday 16th February 2022 to Tuesday 16th August 2022
  61 signatures

• Confirm all subtopics that will be in 2022 GCSE exams
  Open from Wednesday 16th February 2022 to Tuesday 16th August 2022
  161 signatures

• Create national standards for advanced information from exam boards in 2022
  Open from Wednesday 16th February 2022 to Tuesday 16th August 2022
  112 signatures

• Provide free school meal vouchers to disabled children with authorised absence
  Open from Monday 14th February 2022 to Sunday 14th August 2022
  266 signatures

• the govt must order a full inquiry into the impacts of all school covid measures
  Open from Monday 14th February 2022 to Sunday 14th August 2022
  17 signatures

• Delay the Multiplication Tables Check until it has been consulted on.
  Open from Friday 11th February 2022 to Thursday 11th August 2022
  3,649 signatures

• Abolish tuition fees for all undergraduate courses
  Open from Thursday 10th February 2022 to Wednesday 10th August 2022
  40 signatures

• Set up an internal complaints process & independent ombudsman for Education
  Open from Wednesday 9th February 2022 to Tuesday 9th August 2022
  119 signatures

• Make SEND training mandatory for all teaching staff
  Open from Tuesday 8th February 2022 to Monday 8th August 2022
  28,782 signatures

• Require schools ringfence funding for pupils with Education and Healthcare Plans
  Open from Tuesday 8th February 2022 to Monday 8th August 2022
  206 signatures

• Add human trafficking to the secondary school curriculum to spread awareness.
  Open from Tuesday 8th February 2022 to Monday 8th August 2022
  31 signatures

• Increase funding to pupil referral units to meet SEND needs
  Open from Friday 4th February 2022 to Thursday 4th August 2022
  198 signatures

• Do not reduce maintenance loan entitlements based on household income
  Open from Thursday 3rd February 2022 to Wednesday 3rd August 2022
  35 signatures

• Require all teachers to be trained in supporting children with special needs
  Open from Thursday 3rd February 2022 to Wednesday 3rd August 2022
  297 signatures

• Fund the provision of more ergonomic furniture in schools
  Open from Wednesday 2nd February 2022 to Tuesday 2nd August 2022
  14 signatures

• Scrap University Tuition Fees & Introduce Annual Admin Fee of up to £500
  Open from Wednesday 2nd February 2022 to Tuesday 2nd August 2022
  140 signatures

• Increase funding for mental health support in schools
  Open from Wednesday 2nd February 2022 to Tuesday 2nd August 2022
  53 signatures

• Ban school uniforms in English schools
  Open from Tuesday 1st February 2022 to Monday 1st August 2022
  220 signatures

• Prevent schools from being able to discriminate against transgender pupils
  Open from Monday 31st January 2022 to Sunday 31st July 2022
  88 signatures

• Create a national online school for pupils unable to attend school premises
  Open from Friday 28th January 2022 to Thursday 28th July 2022
  639 signatures

• Make Mental Health and Well-being a mandatory subject for GCSE students
  Open from Friday 28th January 2022 to Thursday 28th July 2022
  64 signatures

• Fully fund sign language lessons for parents of deaf children in early years.
  Open from Friday 28th January 2022 to Thursday 28th July 2022
  135 signatures

• Make it a specific criminal offence to leave a child under 4 years old alone
  Open from Thursday 27th January 2022 to Wednesday 27th July 2022
  160 signatures

• Mandatory anti-racism and microaggression training for teachers
  Open from Wednesday 26th January 2022 to Tuesday 26th July 2022
  281 signatures

• Develop an Education Health Care Plan template for use by all local authorities
  Open from Monday 24th January 2022 to Sunday 24th July 2022
  1,806 signatures

• End the practice of 'forced adoption' via the family court system
  Open from Monday 24th January 2022 to Sunday 24th July 2022
  377 signatures

• Fund increased support for children with additional needs in mainstream schools
  Open from Friday 21st January 2022 to Thursday 21st July 2022
  143 signatures

• Add the British National Anthem to the National Curriculum
  Open from Thursday 20th January 2022 to Wednesday 20th July 2022
  398 signatures

• Reintroduce the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA)
  Open from Thursday 20th January 2022 to Wednesday 20th July 2022
  119 signatures

• Review the quality and cost of Higher Education during the pandemic.
  Open from Thursday 13th January 2022 to Wednesday 13th July 2022
  139 signatures

• Allow schools to open all year round, for fewer days per week
  Open from Wednesday 12th January 2022 to Tuesday 12th July 2022
  15 signatures

• Fund an increase to the school meal allowance in line with inflation
  Open from Tuesday 11th January 2022 to Monday 11th July 2022
  39 signatures

• Give students the choice to either learn from home or have face-to-face teaching
  Open from Tuesday 4th January 2022 to Monday 4th July 2022
  27 signatures

• Abolish homework across all schools
  Open from Tuesday 4th January 2022 to Monday 4th July 2022
  211 signatures

• Stop schools selling or giving students single-use plastic water bottles
  Open from Thursday 30th December 2021 to Thursday 30th June 2022
  245 signatures

• Grant Home Fee status for all who are in the UK under the BNO visa.
  Open from Thursday 30th December 2021 to Thursday 30th June 2022
  7,945 signatures

• Do not impose covid-19 restrictions on higher education students
  Open from Wednesday 22nd December 2021 to Wednesday 22nd June 2022
  144 signatures

• Close schools and colleges and replace exams with teacher assessed grades
  Open from Wednesday 22nd December 2021 to Wednesday 22nd June 2022
  1,042 signatures

• Reduce maximum tuition fees by half for any closures due to COVID
  Open from Tuesday 21st December 2021 to Tuesday 21st June 2022
  29 signatures

• Increase grants for postgraduate study in social work
  Open from Tuesday 21st December 2021 to Tuesday 21st June 2022
  157 signatures

• Keep schools open if there are further restrictions due to the Omicron variant
  Open from Tuesday 21st December 2021 to Tuesday 21st June 2022
  104 signatures

• Improve Covid-19 Mitigation Measures in Schools
  Open from Tuesday 21st December 2021 to Tuesday 21st June 2022
  1,857 signatures

• Add sign language and lip reading to the national curriculum
  Open from Monday 20th December 2021 to Monday 20th June 2022
  33 signatures

• Automatically remove parental responsibility following child or domestic abuse
  Open from Monday 20th December 2021 to Monday 20th June 2022
  184 signatures

• Review child protection legislation and procedures
  Open from Monday 20th December 2021 to Monday 20th June 2022
  69 signatures

• Introduce a Kannada language GCSE
  Open from Thursday 16th December 2021 to Thursday 16th June 2022
  1,177 signatures

• Fund defibrillators and emergency first aid training for all schools
  Open from Wednesday 15th December 2021 to Wednesday 15th June 2022
  2,578 signatures

• Require schools to have active threat lockdown policies
  Open from Tuesday 14th December 2021 to Tuesday 14th June 2022
  16 signatures

• Legal default of equal shared care for children upon separation.
  Open from Tuesday 14th December 2021 to Tuesday 14th June 2022
  813 signatures

• Fund free school meals for Year 3 and 4 pupils until 2024
  Open from Tuesday 14th December 2021 to Tuesday 14th June 2022
  23 signatures

• Reduce and freeze student loan interest rates at 1.5% per annum
  Open from Monday 13th December 2021 to Monday 13th June 2022
  155 signatures

• Lift ban on self-employment for international students on a Student visa
  Open from Friday 10th December 2021 to Friday 10th June 2022
  60 signatures

• Require the return of all marked exams and recordings to students
  Open from Thursday 9th December 2021 to Thursday 9th June 2022
  19 signatures

• Require schools to teach about going to prison as part of the curriculum
  Open from Thursday 9th December 2021 to Thursday 9th June 2022
  20 signatures

• Bring back single award GCSE Science.
  Open from Thursday 9th December 2021 to Thursday 9th June 2022
  255 signatures

• Fund schools to support pupils with SPD
  Open from Wednesday 8th December 2021 to Wednesday 8th June 2022
  13 signatures

• Provide funding for BSL classes for all school and college students and staff
  Open from Wednesday 8th December 2021 to Wednesday 8th June 2022
  158 signatures

• Promote a safe word children can say to indicate they are hurt or being abused
  Open from Wednesday 8th December 2021 to Wednesday 8th June 2022
  250 signatures

• Do not include language about protests in any DfE strategies
  Open from Monday 6th December 2021 to Monday 6th June 2022
  892 signatures

• Ensure GCSE and A level exams take place in 2022
  Open from Friday 3rd December 2021 to Friday 3rd June 2022
  20 signatures

• Fund free childcare for working parents with children over 9 months
  Open from Friday 3rd December 2021 to Friday 3rd June 2022
  1,480 signatures

• Provide more integrated healthcare and education to protect children
  Open from Wednesday 1st December 2021 to Wednesday 1st June 2022
  61 signatures

• Give a one-off £500 grant to every student starting university or college
  Open from Wednesday 1st December 2021 to Wednesday 1st June 2022
  24 signatures

• Require children attending school to isolate whilst waiting for a PCR result
  Open from Wednesday 1st December 2021 to Wednesday 1st June 2022
  23 signatures

• Reinstate contact tracing requirement for schools
  Open from Tuesday 30th November 2021 to Monday 30th May 2022
  35 signatures

• Increase diversity of the history curriculum
  Open from Tuesday 30th November 2021 to Monday 30th May 2022
  33 signatures

• Require universities to refund students during any strike action
  Open from Monday 29th November 2021 to Sunday 29th May 2022
  12,291 signatures

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