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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• Extend the COVID-19 temporary visa concessions for international students
  Open from Monday 29th November 2021 to Sunday 29th May 2022
  23 signatures

• Require primary schools to have separate male and female changing facilities
  Open from Friday 26th November 2021 to Thursday 26th May 2022
  55 signatures

• Add disability awareness to the national curriculum
  Open from Thursday 25th November 2021 to Wednesday 25th May 2022
  267 signatures

• Prohibit schools from having CCTV in toilets or changing rooms
  Open from Wednesday 24th November 2021 to Tuesday 24th May 2022
  47 signatures

• Include financial education in the national curriculum for primary schools
  Open from Monday 22nd November 2021 to Sunday 22nd May 2022
  27 signatures

• Provide funding to ITT providers to give trainee teachers a salary.
  Open from Monday 22nd November 2021 to Sunday 22nd May 2022
  53 signatures

• Abolish detention outside school sessions
  Open from Friday 19th November 2021 to Thursday 19th May 2022
  43 signatures

• Offer student finance in monthly instalments
  Open from Thursday 18th November 2021 to Wednesday 18th May 2022
  20 signatures

• Fund free school meals for all students year-round
  Open from Wednesday 17th November 2021 to Tuesday 17th May 2022
  91 signatures

• Require all educational settings to have a bereavement policy
  Open from Tuesday 16th November 2021 to Monday 16th May 2022
  1,288 signatures

• Make politics a compulsory subject from years 7 - 9
  Open from Monday 15th November 2021 to Sunday 15th May 2022
  32 signatures

• Allow children 7 days holiday per year during term time without fines
  Open from Monday 15th November 2021 to Sunday 15th May 2022
  2,578 signatures

• Free school meal vouchers to cover the school holidays
  Open from Monday 15th November 2021 to Sunday 15th May 2022
  16 signatures

• Fund additional specialist school capacity for children with disabilities & SEN
  Open from Thursday 11th November 2021 to Wednesday 11th May 2022
  126 signatures

• Create and implement a strategy for eradicating child poverty
  Open from Tuesday 9th November 2021 to Monday 9th May 2022
  87 signatures

• Recommend primary schools encourage unvaccinated students to wear face masks
  Open from Tuesday 9th November 2021 to Monday 9th May 2022
  27 signatures

• Education system reform for children with high functioning autism
  Open from Monday 8th November 2021 to Sunday 8th May 2022
  76 signatures

• Provide interest-free loans for Muslim students progressing into university!
  Open from Friday 5th November 2021 to Thursday 5th May 2022
  72 signatures

• Extend student maintenance loans to full-time Distance Learning students
  Open from Thursday 4th November 2021 to Wednesday 4th May 2022
  51 signatures

• Commit to cutting school carbon footprints to zero by 2025
  Open from Tuesday 2nd November 2021 to Monday 2nd May 2022
  37 signatures

• Reverse Art Funding Cuts and Don't Limit Art Student Degree Numbers
  Open from Friday 29th October 2021 to Friday 29th April 2022
  29 signatures

• Meal vouchers to be given to SEN children waiting for a school placement.
  Open from Friday 29th October 2021 to Friday 29th April 2022
  19 signatures

• Add time management to the national curriculum
  Open from Tuesday 26th October 2021 to Tuesday 26th April 2022
  15 signatures

• Add sign language on to the national schools curriculum.
  Open from Tuesday 26th October 2021 to Tuesday 26th April 2022
  702 signatures

• Make one dose of COVID-19 vaccine a requirement for people to attend school
  Open from Monday 25th October 2021 to Monday 25th April 2022
  36 signatures

• DfE to report grade 3 as a 'standard pass'
  Open from Monday 25th October 2021 to Monday 25th April 2022
  12 signatures

• Review guidance and funding for using SSP (phonics) to teach reading
  Open from Monday 25th October 2021 to Monday 25th April 2022
  3,205 signatures

• Extend Pupil Premium Plus to support further and higher education students
  Open from Friday 22nd October 2021 to Friday 22nd April 2022
  31 signatures

• Increase school transport provision for students from lower income households
  Open from Thursday 21st October 2021 to Thursday 21st April 2022
  189 signatures

• Close schools and bring back online learning until the end of Jan 2022
  Open from Thursday 21st October 2021 to Thursday 21st April 2022
  15,119 signatures

• Add the subject of grief to the national curriculum
  Open from Thursday 21st October 2021 to Thursday 21st April 2022
  76 signatures

• Impose penalties on councils who fail to provide EHCPs on time
  Open from Wednesday 20th October 2021 to Wednesday 20th April 2022
  24 signatures

• Introduce routine scoliosis screening in primary and secondary schools
  Open from Wednesday 20th October 2021 to Wednesday 20th April 2022
  372 signatures

• Bring about a ban on smoking outside our nation’s schools
  Open from Tuesday 19th October 2021 to Tuesday 19th April 2022
  23 signatures

• Ban mandatory face coverings in schools
  Open from Monday 18th October 2021 to Monday 18th April 2022
  201 signatures

• Require schools to allow children to bring a mobile phone into school
  Open from Friday 15th October 2021 to Friday 15th April 2022
  27 signatures

• Increase student maintenance loans in line with RPI inflation year-on-year
  Open from Friday 15th October 2021 to Friday 15th April 2022
  30 signatures

• Reinstate English student teacher bursaries and reimburse expenses
  Open from Thursday 14th October 2021 to Thursday 14th April 2022
  60 signatures

• Add animal welfare to the national curriculum from EYFS
  Open from Thursday 14th October 2021 to Thursday 14th April 2022
  91 signatures

• Reinstate ITT bursaries for all subjects
  Open from Thursday 14th October 2021 to Thursday 14th April 2022
  46 signatures

• Cancel the 2022 GCSE exams
  Open from Wednesday 13th October 2021 to Wednesday 13th April 2022
  102 signatures

• Reduce university tuition fees to a more affordable £3,000 per year
  Open from Tuesday 12th October 2021 to Tuesday 12th April 2022
  194 signatures

• Fund the installation of defibrillators in all educational settings
  Open from Friday 8th October 2021 to Friday 8th April 2022
  1,548 signatures

• Reform home schooling policy and increase support for home schooled children
  Open from Thursday 7th October 2021 to Thursday 7th April 2022
  163 signatures

• Publish details of proposed changes to GCSE, AS and A level exams by Oct 2021
  Open from Thursday 7th October 2021 to Thursday 7th April 2022
  102 signatures

• Add First Aid education to the national curriculum for Year 5 to Year 11
  Open from Thursday 7th October 2021 to Thursday 7th April 2022
  118 signatures

• Require schools to make Friday a part of the school weekend
  Open from Wednesday 6th October 2021 to Wednesday 6th April 2022
  148,136 signatures

• Wipe Student Debts for Tuition Fees for University Students Affect by Covid
  Open from Wednesday 6th October 2021 to Wednesday 6th April 2022
  28 signatures

• Replace SAT's with lower stress, effective teacher assessments
  Open from Wednesday 6th October 2021 to Wednesday 6th April 2022
  127 signatures

• Require schools to have gender-neutral uniform policies
  Open from Tuesday 5th October 2021 to Tuesday 5th April 2022
  177 signatures

• Do not apply changes to terms & conditions to existing student loan agreements
  Open from Thursday 30th September 2021 to Wednesday 30th March 2022
  229 signatures

• Add Self Defence to the National Curriculum from Year 7 upwards
  Open from Tuesday 28th September 2021 to Monday 28th March 2022
  113 signatures

• Add mental health training to teaching courses
  Open from Monday 27th September 2021 to Sunday 27th March 2022
  49 signatures

• Cancel GCSE and A-Level Exams for Summer 2022 due to lack of proper education
  Open from Wednesday 22nd September 2021 to Tuesday 22nd March 2022
  47,299 signatures

• Make ‘Environmental Education’ a compulsory separate subject in all schools.
  Open from Wednesday 22nd September 2021 to Tuesday 22nd March 2022
  36 signatures

• Allow childminders to access government funding for care of related children
  Open from Tuesday 21st September 2021 to Monday 21st March 2022
  38 signatures

• Add PCOS and endometriosis to the national curriculum
  Open from Monday 20th September 2021 to Sunday 20th March 2022
  559 signatures

• Allow open book exams for English

• Allow open book exams for English
  Open from Monday 20th September 2021 to Sunday 20th March 2022
  30 signatures

• Allow the general public to access the QTS register for teachers in England
  Open from Friday 17th September 2021 to Thursday 17th March 2022
  14 signatures

• Require Sikhism to be taught in UK schools from Reception upwards
  Open from Thursday 16th September 2021 to Wednesday 16th March 2022
  25,171 signatures

• Make Critical Thinking and Logical Reasoning compulsory education in KS3 or KS4
  Open from Wednesday 15th September 2021 to Tuesday 15th March 2022
  60 signatures

• Introduce subsidies for childcare costs based on parents’ income
  Open from Friday 10th September 2021 to Thursday 10th March 2022
  25 signatures

• Confirm the topics that will be in the Autumn A Level exams 2021
  Open from Friday 10th September 2021 to Thursday 10th March 2022
  28 signatures

• Require the treatment of the Uyghur be taught as part of Key Stage 3 History
  Open from Thursday 9th September 2021 to Wednesday 9th March 2022
  51 signatures

• Mandate and fund Independent Sexual Violence Advisor at universities
  Open from Tuesday 7th September 2021 to Monday 7th March 2022
  28 signatures

• Refund University tuition fees for 20/21 due to Covid-19
  Open from Thursday 2nd September 2021 to Wednesday 2nd March 2022
  42 signatures

• Offer eligible families free school meal vouchers instead of a school meal
  Open from Wednesday 1st September 2021 to Tuesday 1st March 2022
  24 signatures

• Add Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to the curriculum & fund staff training.
  Open from Thursday 26th August 2021 to Saturday 26th February 2022
  22 signatures

• Provide funding for one-to-one PSHE mentorship in secondary schools
  Open from Wednesday 25th August 2021 to Friday 25th February 2022
  42 signatures

• Provide 30 free hours childcare from a child's 3rd Birthday, not the term after
  Open from Tuesday 24th August 2021 to Thursday 24th February 2022
  99 signatures

• Funding for ventilation in all school/college/uni classrooms
  Open from Monday 23rd August 2021 to Wednesday 23rd February 2022
  11,708 signatures

• Require school summer holidays in England to be Mid June to mid July
  Open from Wednesday 18th August 2021 to Friday 18th February 2022
  18 signatures

• Make it mandatory for all teaching staff to be first aid trained.
  Open from Wednesday 18th August 2021 to Friday 18th February 2022
  40 signatures

• Reform school behaviour policies to prioritise wellbeing and inclusion
  Open from Tuesday 17th August 2021 to Thursday 17th February 2022
  664 signatures

• Ensure A-level and GCSE results are released in the same week
  Open from Tuesday 17th August 2021 to Thursday 17th February 2022
  22 signatures

• Raise all GCSE, AS and A-Level Grades (where below predicted grades) by a grade
  Open from Tuesday 17th August 2021 to Thursday 17th February 2022
  126 signatures

• Take action to recognise the Panjabi people and wrongs against them
  Open from Monday 9th August 2021 to Wednesday 9th February 2022
  191 signatures

• Dwayne’s Law – Teach the meanings of safety and hazard signs in schools
  Open from Friday 6th August 2021 to Sunday 6th February 2022
  195 signatures

• New guidance for Local Authorities on disabled children and their families
  Open from Friday 6th August 2021 to Sunday 6th February 2022
  239 signatures

• Make student loans available for commercial pilot training
  Open from Thursday 5th August 2021 to Saturday 5th February 2022
  16 signatures

• Require schools to teach students about knife crime as part of the curriculum
  Open from Thursday 5th August 2021 to Saturday 5th February 2022
  100 signatures

• Do not impose any new requirements on parents who are home educating
  Open from Thursday 5th August 2021 to Saturday 5th February 2022
  24,262 signatures

• Require student nurses/midwives be paid the same as a HCA whilst on placement
  Open from Wednesday 4th August 2021 to Friday 4th February 2022
  29 signatures

• Fund free tuition and full maintenance bursaries for all student nurses
  Open from Tuesday 3rd August 2021 to Thursday 3rd February 2022
  155 signatures

• Require all schools to have at least one trained Mental Health First Aider
  Open from Tuesday 3rd August 2021 to Thursday 3rd February 2022
  550 signatures

• Extend 15 hours free childcare to all 2-year old children
  Open from Monday 2nd August 2021 to Wednesday 2nd February 2022
  1,116 signatures

• Add first aid for anaphylaxis to the secondary school national curriculum
  Open from Monday 2nd August 2021 to Wednesday 2nd February 2022
  341 signatures

• Add veganism to the national curriculum and require schools offer vegan meals
  Open from Friday 30th July 2021 to Sunday 30th January 2022
  7,117 signatures

• Allow second degree veterinary medicine students to claim tuition fee loans
  Open from Thursday 29th July 2021 to Saturday 29th January 2022
  57 signatures

• Provide funding to improve diagnosis of dyslexia in schools
  Open from Thursday 29th July 2021 to Saturday 29th January 2022
  56 signatures

• Do not make Covid-19 vaccination a requirement to physically attend university
  Open from Thursday 29th July 2021 to Saturday 29th January 2022
  12,080 signatures

• Review and reform the school complaints system
  Open from Wednesday 28th July 2021 to Friday 28th January 2022
  12 signatures

• Fund free childcare from 1 year old
  Open from Tuesday 27th July 2021 to Thursday 27th January 2022
  291 signatures

• Protect student choice: do not withdraw funding for BTEC qualifications
  Open from Friday 23rd July 2021 to Sunday 23rd January 2022
  108,348 signatures

• Provide financial support to parents homeschooling their children
  Open from Thursday 22nd July 2021 to Saturday 22nd January 2022
  22 signatures

• Review the changes proposed in the Market Review of Initial Teacher Training
  Open from Wednesday 21st July 2021 to Friday 21st January 2022
  2,255 signatures

• Make LGBTQIA+ History mandatory in the primary/secondary national curriculum
  Open from Wednesday 21st July 2021 to Friday 21st January 2022
  1,149 signatures

• Fund improved care and support for children with disabilities and their families
  Open from Tuesday 20th July 2021 to Thursday 20th January 2022
  233 signatures

• Provide school uniform grants across England
  Open from Tuesday 20th July 2021 to Thursday 20th January 2022
  26 signatures

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