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
Ensure we have a Youth Parliament
Opened on Wednesday 10th April 2024
88 signatures so far
Require Universities compensate students who missed teaching due to COVID-19
Opened on Thursday 11th April 2024
14 signatures so far
Suspend the Safety Valve programme and provide funding to cover SEND deficits
Opened on Friday 12th April 2024
2,781 signatures so far
Ban schools from giving detentions to students
Opened on Friday 12th April 2024
23 signatures so far
Remove a week from the school summer holiday to extend the Easter holiday
Opened on Monday 15th April 2024
15 signatures so far
Introduce cap on student numbers in line with relative rental capacity
Opened on Monday 15th April 2024
16 signatures so far
Require social workers to wear body cameras when meeting families
Opened on Monday 15th April 2024
104 signatures so far
Create an independent body with oversight of senior leadership in all schools
Opened on Tuesday 16th April 2024
47 signatures so far
Allow SEND children to be taken out of school once a year without penalty
Opened on Wednesday 17th April 2024
3,879 signatures so far
Require local authorities to fund school transport for disabled 16-18 year olds
Opened on Thursday 18th April 2024
1,341 signatures so far
Require schools to have lessons teaching resilience
Opened on Friday 19th April 2024
30 signatures so far
Change guidance and funding for behaviour management in schools
Opened on Tuesday 23rd April 2024
22 signatures so far
Review the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check scoring guidance
Opened on Wednesday 24th April 2024
151 signatures so far
Abolish means testing for student maintenance loans for higher education
Opened on Wednesday 24th April 2024
30 signatures so far
Require schools to allow students to access the bathroom during lesson time
Opened on Wednesday 24th April 2024
28 signatures so far
Introduce law to require schools to allow prayer practices
Opened on Wednesday 24th April 2024
5,980 signatures so far
Provide full training costs for adult learners to retrain in a new career
Opened on Thursday 25th April 2024
15 signatures so far
Introduce a ‘Youth training scheme’ for 16/17/18 yrs who don’t choose college
Opened on Thursday 25th April 2024
18 signatures so far
Introduce tiered caps for international student fees
Opened on Friday 26th April 2024
19 signatures so far
Ban zero hour/term-time only contracts for teaching assistants
Opened on Monday 29th April 2024
31 signatures so far
Abolish fines for parents who take their children out of school
Opened on Tuesday 30th April 2024
429 signatures so far
Provide financial support for home educators who provide development reports
Opened on Tuesday 30th April 2024
14 signatures so far
Give teachers a right to two week's leave, with any children, during term time
Opened on Friday 3rd May 2024
8 signatures so far
Increased local government funding for young people's services
Opened on Friday 3rd May 2024
54 signatures so far
Don't require students to study maths until 18 years old
Opened on Friday 3rd May 2024
15 signatures so far
Stop fines and criminal charges for taking children on holiday in term time
Opened on Tuesday 7th May 2024
25 signatures so far
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