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.
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https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education
Ministers
Extend local authorities' duty to support young people with EHCPs to age 27
Open from Friday 7th May 2021 to Sunday 7th November 2021
39 signatures
Give 2022/2023 GCSE students a choice between exams or teacher assessed grades
Open from Monday 29th March 2021 to Wednesday 29th September 2021
39 signatures
Exclude assessments taken during lockdown from teacher assessed grades
Open from Monday 22nd March 2021 to Wednesday 22nd September 2021
39 signatures
Fund free childcare for all pre-school pupils
Open from Monday 25th January 2021 to Sunday 25th July 2021
39 signatures
Weekly tests of COVID-19 for Secondary pupils and school staff
Increase student maintenance loans for 2020/2021 due to Covid-19
Open from Tuesday 9th June 2020 to Wednesday 9th December 2020
39 signatures
Suspend student loan repayments for doctors, nurses and midwives during COVID-19
Open from Monday 27th April 2020 to Tuesday 27th October 2020
39 signatures
Allow each child to have 5 days of permitted school vacation during term time
Open from Monday 23rd March 2020 to Wednesday 23rd September 2020
39 signatures
Ban isolation booths in schools.
Open from Friday 13th March 2020 to Sunday 13th September 2020
39 signatures
Ensure fair grading for GCSE and A Level students in 2024 due to lost learning
Opened on Thursday 16th May 2024
38 signatures so far
Extend home fee status British citizens if parents who have paid NI for 5 years+
Opened on Thursday 14th March 2024
38 signatures so far
Ban schools from setting more than seven pieces of homework a week
Opened on Tuesday 21st November 2023
38 signatures so far
Require education on Gender Dysphoria in schools and workplaces
Open from Wednesday 12th July 2023 to Friday 12th January 2024
38 signatures
Ban schools from requiring students to take Religious Education GCSE
Open from Monday 15th May 2023 to Wednesday 15th November 2023
38 signatures
Fund starter packs for girls in primary school for their first period
Open from Monday 17th April 2023 to Tuesday 17th October 2023
38 signatures
Limit the school week to three days
Open from Monday 3rd October 2022 to Monday 3rd April 2023
38 signatures
Require schools to allow all children to play any sport they offer
Open from Friday 5th August 2022 to Sunday 19th February 2023
38 signatures
Ban parents and carers physically punishing their children in England
Open from Monday 18th July 2022 to Wednesday 1st February 2023
38 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
Allow childminders to access government funding for care of related children
Open from Tuesday 21st September 2021 to Monday 21st March 2022
38 signatures
Create legal requirements for schools to reduce, reuse and recycle
Open from Thursday 29th April 2021 to Friday 29th October 2021
38 signatures
Provide funding to improve the quality of teaching in schools of sexual violence
Open from Tuesday 23rd March 2021 to Thursday 23rd September 2021
38 signatures
Provide funding/grants/bursaries/student loans for Play Therapy Training
Open from Monday 15th February 2021 to Sunday 15th August 2021
38 signatures
Cancel all GCSE, AS and A level exams until 2024.
Open from Monday 8th March 2021 to Wednesday 8th September 2021
38 signatures
Student Loan eligibility for those studying health subjects as a second degree.
Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
38 signatures
Offer weekly voluntary COVID-19 tests for secondary pupils and staff
Open from Tuesday 1st September 2020 to Monday 1st March 2021
38 signatures
Help out of school and extra-curricular club providers bounce back from Covid-19
Open from Tuesday 18th August 2020 to Thursday 18th February 2021
38 signatures
Make schools allow GCSE students to take study leave before & during their exams
Open from Friday 13th March 2020 to Sunday 13th September 2020
38 signatures
Make the teaching of Black history compulsory in primary and secondary schools
Open from Tuesday 18th July 2023 to Thursday 18th January 2024
37 signatures
Fund increased pay for teachers who work with SEND children
Open from Thursday 17th November 2022 to Wednesday 17th May 2023
37 signatures
Ban private schools
Open from Monday 30th May 2022 to Wednesday 14th December 2022
37 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 assessment of English GCSEs
Open from Thursday 7th April 2022 to Friday 21st October 2022
37 signatures
Commit to cutting school carbon footprints to zero by 2025
Open from Tuesday 2nd November 2021 to Monday 2nd May 2022
37 signatures
Close all schools until COVID-19 is 100% gone
Open from Tuesday 4th May 2021 to Thursday 4th November 2021
37 signatures
Extend DfE and Ofsted oversight to private schools
Open from Friday 19th March 2021 to Sunday 19th September 2021
37 signatures
Give Students the Choice Between predicted Grades or Teacher Assessed Grades
Open from Thursday 18th March 2021 to Saturday 18th September 2021
37 signatures
Make a Fairer System for Creating A level and GCSE Results
Open from Thursday 1st October 2020 to Thursday 1st April 2021
37 signatures
Extend the Parents' Learning Allowance to include part-time students
Opened on Thursday 23rd November 2023
36 signatures so far
Legally increase teacher's PPA time to 20%
Open from Tuesday 21st March 2023 to Thursday 21st September 2023
36 signatures
Create an online school system for children unable to attend school premises
Open from Thursday 6th October 2022 to Thursday 6th April 2023
36 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
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
Make ‘Environmental Education’ a compulsory separate subject in all schools.
Open from Wednesday 22nd September 2021 to Tuesday 22nd March 2022
36 signatures
Make 30 hours per week preschool education available to all four year olds
Open from Tuesday 29th June 2021 to Wednesday 29th December 2021
36 signatures
Limit when welfare assessments under the Children Act 1989 can be conducted
Open from Thursday 25th February 2021 to Wednesday 25th August 2021
36 signatures
Give all primary and secondary school children free travel to & from school
Open from Wednesday 17th February 2021 to Tuesday 17th August 2021
36 signatures
Provide the free school meal entitlement throughout the year.
Open from Thursday 29th October 2020 to Thursday 29th April 2021
36 signatures
15 hour free childcare 1 to 2 year olds.
Open from Thursday 8th October 2020 to Thursday 8th April 2021
36 signatures
Update guidance requiring schools to take kids' temperatures at school gates
Open from Thursday 17th September 2020 to Wednesday 17th March 2021
36 signatures
Make self-defence lessons mandatory in schools
Open from Wednesday 2nd September 2020 to Tuesday 2nd March 2021
36 signatures
Provide additional support for School Leavers not going into Higher Education
Open from Monday 27th July 2020 to Wednesday 27th January 2021
36 signatures
Remove English literature from the national curriculum for Key Stage 4
Open from Wednesday 1st April 2020 to Thursday 1st October 2020
36 signatures
Abolish Ofsted ratings
Open from Tuesday 4th April 2023 to Wednesday 4th October 2023
35 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
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
Do not reduce maintenance loan entitlements based on household income
Open from Thursday 3rd February 2022 to Wednesday 3rd August 2022
35 signatures
Reinstate contact tracing requirement for schools
Open from Tuesday 30th November 2021 to Monday 30th May 2022
35 signatures
Fund free resits to allow 2020 A-Level/GCSE students to retake all exams once
Open from Tuesday 18th May 2021 to Thursday 18th November 2021
35 signatures
No public funds or tax breaks for schools with faith or gender admissions policy
Open from Monday 17th May 2021 to Wednesday 17th November 2021
35 signatures
Introduce Human Trafficking awareness into the National Curriculum
Open from Wednesday 31st March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
35 signatures
Ban unaccompanied adults from all childrens' play areas.
Open from Monday 1st February 2021 to Sunday 1st August 2021
35 signatures
Epileptic seizure first aid for all staff in childcare and education settings
Open from Monday 11th January 2021 to Sunday 11th July 2021
35 signatures
National education recovery plan
Open from Friday 4th December 2020 to Friday 4th June 2021
35 signatures
Ban schools from separating children by sex for PE and sport
Open from Wednesday 2nd December 2020 to Wednesday 2nd June 2021
35 signatures
Prohibit universities from increasing tuition fees during Covid-19
Open from Monday 12th October 2020 to Monday 12th April 2021
35 signatures
Student loan interest rates cut to 1% above base & have an interest rate holiday
Open from Tuesday 6th October 2020 to Tuesday 6th April 2021
35 signatures
Create fund to support parents who home-school & create national register
Open from Thursday 10th September 2020 to Wednesday 10th March 2021
35 signatures
Make secondary schools start later (around 10 am)
Open from Monday 6th April 2020 to Tuesday 6th October 2020
35 signatures
Add learning about homelessness to the national curriculum
Open from Wednesday 26th April 2023 to Thursday 26th October 2023
34 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
Extend eligibility for free prescriptions to all students in full time education
Open from Thursday 8th April 2021 to Friday 8th October 2021
34 signatures
Introduce Covid-19 testing in primary schools in England for all staff & pupils.
Open from Friday 12th March 2021 to Sunday 12th September 2021
34 signatures
Make free school meals vouchers available as soon as schools close in lockdowns
Open from Thursday 21st January 2021 to Wednesday 21st July 2021
34 signatures
External candidates should be given predicted grades as their final grades.
Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
34 signatures
Ban schools from setting mandatory homework over school holidays
Open from Tuesday 13th October 2020 to Tuesday 13th April 2021
34 signatures
Teach pupils how to check for lumps in breasts and testicles in KS3 PSHE lessons
Open from Monday 7th September 2020 to Sunday 7th March 2021
34 signatures
Immediately convene a panel of educational experts to plan for schools returning
Open from Friday 28th August 2020 to Sunday 28th February 2021
34 signatures
Immediate review and reform of the education system
Opened on Tuesday 14th May 2024
33 signatures so far
Make it mandatory for all education staff to wear body cameras to safeguard all
Opened on Thursday 29th February 2024
33 signatures so far
Don't ban the use of mobile phones during break times
Open from Monday 16th October 2023 to Tuesday 16th April 2024
33 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
Abolish all school exams and replace with teacher assessments
Open from Thursday 5th May 2022 to Saturday 19th November 2022
33 signatures
Add sign language and lip reading to the national curriculum
Open from Monday 20th December 2021 to Monday 20th June 2022
33 signatures
Increase diversity of the history curriculum
Open from Tuesday 30th November 2021 to Monday 30th May 2022
33 signatures
Require schools to teach about environmental conservation
Open from Tuesday 6th April 2021 to Wednesday 6th October 2021
33 signatures
Remove recommendation that face coverings be used in classrooms
Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
33 signatures
Put more funding into music, drama, and dance education.
Open from Monday 1st March 2021 to Wednesday 1st September 2021
33 signatures
The Government should ensure the Turing scheme is as effective as Erasmus
Open from Monday 8th February 2021 to Sunday 8th August 2021
33 signatures
Review language of legislation and policy on children's educational needs
Open from Wednesday 28th October 2020 to Wednesday 28th April 2021
33 signatures
Freeze interest paid to the student loan company (SLC) whilst on maternity
Open from Monday 5th October 2020 to Monday 5th April 2021
33 signatures
Government to step in with a financial support package for Special Guardians
Open from Monday 20th July 2020 to Wednesday 20th January 2021
33 signatures
Ban zero hour/term-time only contracts for teaching assistants
Opened on Monday 29th April 2024
32 signatures so far
Require schools to allow students to access the bathroom during lesson time
Opened on Wednesday 24th April 2024
32 signatures so far
Fund additional support for children who may have SEND
Open from Friday 6th October 2023 to Saturday 6th April 2024
32 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
Increase curriculum content on crime for Key Stages 3 and 4
Open from Tuesday 7th February 2023 to Monday 7th August 2023
32 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
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
Make politics a compulsory subject from years 7 - 9
Open from Monday 15th November 2021 to Sunday 15th May 2022
32 signatures
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