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
Ban mandatory school uniforms
Open from Wednesday 14th July 2021 to Friday 14th January 2022
32 signatures
Change the title of Special Schools to Support Schools.
Open from Friday 12th March 2021 to Sunday 12th September 2021
32 signatures
Don’t re-open schools until September
Open from Tuesday 23rd February 2021 to Monday 23rd August 2021
32 signatures
Scrap national exams for Key Stage 4 permanently
Open from Friday 12th March 2021 to Sunday 12th September 2021
32 signatures
Require schools to offer BTECs at Key Stage 4
Open from Thursday 3rd December 2020 to Thursday 3rd June 2021
32 signatures
Create a taskforce to establish a fair process for 2021 university candidates
Open from Tuesday 1st September 2020 to Monday 1st March 2021
32 signatures
Fund Universities to offer scholarships for every degree programme
Open from Friday 28th August 2020 to Sunday 28th February 2021
32 signatures
Abolish means testing for student maintenance loans for higher education
Opened on Wednesday 24th April 2024
31 signatures so far
Change the income cap for free childcare to an increased, household cap
Opened on Monday 25th March 2024
31 signatures so far
Create a specific offence to teach a child to hate different religions or races
Opened on Thursday 21st December 2023
31 signatures so far
Require every secondary school to have multiple language options
Open from Friday 20th October 2023 to Saturday 20th April 2024
31 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
Extend Pupil Premium Plus to support further and higher education students
Open from Friday 22nd October 2021 to Friday 22nd April 2022
31 signatures
Require exam boards to give all students the option to type their exam answers
Open from Friday 25th June 2021 to Saturday 25th December 2021
31 signatures
Introduce a minimum of 3 hours of mandatory PE in schools per week.
Open from Monday 24th May 2021 to Wednesday 24th November 2021
31 signatures
Stop Bullying in Schools by Training All Teachers to spot Bullying & Harassment
Open from Friday 11th December 2020 to Friday 11th June 2021
31 signatures
Make the A-Level adjustment algorithm available for public inspection.
Open from Friday 21st August 2020 to Sunday 21st February 2021
31 signatures
Require schools to have lessons teaching resilience
Opened on Friday 19th April 2024
30 signatures so far
Require schools to open for optional activities during the holidays
Opened on Friday 23rd February 2024
30 signatures so far
Limit the amount nurseries are able to increase their day rate/annual fees
Opened on Thursday 18th January 2024
30 signatures so far
Fund improved support for adults with a learning disability
Opened on Thursday 7th December 2023
30 signatures so far
Require teaching assistants for every class
Open from Friday 3rd November 2023 to Friday 3rd May 2024
30 signatures
Bleed control kit training to be made part of the curriculum in schools
Open from Friday 2nd June 2023 to Saturday 2nd December 2023
30 signatures
Make it compulsory for schools to teach about the British Empire
Open from Wednesday 8th February 2023 to Tuesday 8th August 2023
30 signatures
Increase funding to support autistic children.
Open from Monday 19th December 2022 to Monday 19th June 2023
30 signatures
Extend student finance to non-UK citizens habitually resident in the UK
Open from Friday 14th October 2022 to Friday 14th April 2023
30 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
Allow open book exams for English
Open from Monday 20th September 2021 to Sunday 20th March 2022
30 signatures
Reallocate the £350 million from the NTP to schools to support pupils directly
Open from Wednesday 31st March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
30 signatures
Require all teachers and TAs to have basic mental health training
Open from Tuesday 9th March 2021 to Thursday 9th September 2021
30 signatures
Force Universities to close commencing National Lockdown on November 5th 2020
Open from Monday 9th November 2020 to Sunday 9th May 2021
30 signatures
Fund all medical degrees to support future doctors and nurses
Open from Friday 1st May 2020 to Sunday 1st November 2020
30 signatures
Reduce the school leaving age to 13
Open from Wednesday 1st April 2020 to Thursday 1st October 2020
30 signatures
Require schools to provide annual swimming lessons
Opened on Tuesday 19th March 2024
29 signatures so far
Increase salary threshold for student loan repayment
Opened on Friday 2nd February 2024
29 signatures so far
Ban teachers from confiscating a pupil's belongings
Open from Wednesday 26th July 2023 to Friday 26th January 2024
29 signatures
Stop PE being compulsory after year 9 in secondary schools
Open from Friday 7th July 2023 to Sunday 7th January 2024
29 signatures
Fund university scholarships for minorities and disadvantaged students
Open from Monday 5th June 2023 to Tuesday 5th December 2023
29 signatures
Improve support for students with epilepsy, and teaching about it in schools
Open from Wednesday 29th March 2023 to Friday 29th September 2023
29 signatures
Fund degrees for all medical students, provided they work at NHS for 5 years
Open from Thursday 16th March 2023 to Saturday 16th September 2023
29 signatures
Make the national curriculum more inclusive of LGBTQIA+ topics
Open from Monday 23rd May 2022 to Wednesday 7th December 2022
29 signatures
Make the period of Ramadan a school holiday
Open from Friday 1st April 2022 to Saturday 15th October 2022
29 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
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
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
Offer all students the full maintenance loan no matter what their parents earn.
Open from Wednesday 31st March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
29 signatures
Delay the return of school to the 22nd of march to keep students and staff safe
Open from Friday 26th February 2021 to Thursday 26th August 2021
29 signatures
Introduce a mandatory Sex Education GCSE
Open from Friday 12th February 2021 to Thursday 12th August 2021
29 signatures
Increase SEN inclusion fund so SEN children can access 30 hours free childcare
Open from Tuesday 19th January 2021 to Monday 19th July 2021
29 signatures
Give current yr 11 & 13 students the option to repeat the year to improve grades
Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
29 signatures
Extend rights to access children's school records to all schools and academies
Open from Monday 9th November 2020 to Sunday 9th May 2021
29 signatures
Test all schoolchildren in England weekly for Covid-19
Open from Tuesday 8th September 2020 to Monday 8th March 2021
29 signatures
Reopen schools in August with shorter summer holidays for a transition period
Open from Friday 5th June 2020 to Saturday 5th December 2020
29 signatures
Introduce mandatory welfare checks for children absent from school
Opened on Thursday 14th March 2024
28 signatures so far
Remove Ofsted’s involvement in counselling services for adopted adults.
Open from Friday 27th May 2022 to Sunday 11th December 2022
28 signatures
Increase funding for Sure Start children's centres
Open from Monday 21st March 2022 to Wednesday 5th October 2022
28 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
Mandate and fund Independent Sexual Violence Advisor at universities
Open from Tuesday 7th September 2021 to Monday 7th March 2022
28 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
Ensure ALL vulnerable children and children with EHCPs are schooled as promised.
Open from Tuesday 19th January 2021 to Monday 19th July 2021
28 signatures
Fund a national awareness campaign for mental health in schools
Open from Tuesday 10th November 2020 to Monday 10th May 2021
28 signatures
Increase funding to protect children vulnerable to abuse in their homes
Open from Tuesday 10th November 2020 to Monday 10th May 2021
28 signatures
Require Educational Welfare Officers to have relevant SEND training/experience
Opened on Tuesday 12th March 2024
27 signatures so far
Extend school day to 5.30pm, with two hours of PE from 3.30-5.30pm
Opened on Monday 27th November 2023
27 signatures so far
Add the UN Sustainable Development Goals to the school curriculum
Open from Monday 9th October 2023 to Tuesday 9th April 2024
27 signatures
Remove requirements for schools to focus on Christianity in daily worship and RE
Open from Wednesday 28th June 2023 to Thursday 28th December 2023
27 signatures
Make the school weekend Wednesday and Sunday, not Saturday and Sunday
Open from Tuesday 2nd May 2023 to Thursday 2nd November 2023
27 signatures
Ban academies and return responsibility for all state-funded schools to LAs
Open from Thursday 27th April 2023 to Friday 27th October 2023
27 signatures
Introduce longer winter holidays for schools instead of summer
Open from Wednesday 26th April 2023 to Thursday 26th October 2023
27 signatures
Reduce maximum tuition fees from £9,250 to £5,000
Open from Tuesday 23rd August 2022 to Thursday 9th March 2023
27 signatures
Make computer gaming a compulsory school subject
Open from Tuesday 21st June 2022 to Wednesday 4th January 2023
27 signatures
To exclude non-guaranteed overtime on child maintenance payments.
Open from Monday 13th June 2022 to Tuesday 27th December 2022
27 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
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
Include financial education in the national curriculum for primary schools
Open from Monday 22nd November 2021 to Sunday 22nd May 2022
27 signatures
Recommend primary schools encourage unvaccinated students to wear face masks
Open from Tuesday 9th November 2021 to Monday 9th May 2022
27 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
Make Psychology/Wellbeing classes a part of the national curriculum for all ages
Open from Thursday 3rd June 2021 to Friday 3rd December 2021
27 signatures
Include sexual assault mitigation in the curriculum, save women from violence
Open from Wednesday 21st April 2021 to Thursday 21st October 2021
27 signatures
ALL GCSEs to be optional not compulsory, allowing equal value to ALL subjects
Open from Friday 12th March 2021 to Sunday 12th September 2021
27 signatures
Allow teacher predicted grades for NVQ/VRQ qualifications so it is fair.
Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
27 signatures
Remove requirement for online learning for students
Open from Monday 11th January 2021 to Sunday 11th July 2021
27 signatures
Stop the funding cut for salaried route into primary teaching
Open from Tuesday 29th December 2020 to Tuesday 29th June 2021
27 signatures
Review the Care Leaver Strategy and implement opportunity-based changes.
Open from Friday 18th December 2020 to Friday 18th June 2021
27 signatures
Bubbles of six in schools
Open from Thursday 24th September 2020 to Wednesday 24th March 2021
27 signatures
Make maths gcse optional
Open from Tuesday 28th July 2020 to Thursday 28th January 2021
27 signatures
Fund work-based learning providers on same basis as colleges
Open from Monday 4th May 2020 to Wednesday 4th November 2020
27 signatures
Require schools to have private changing areas for students
Opened on Wednesday 6th March 2024
26 signatures so far
Introduce a new core subject of Personal Finances for Years 9 to 11
Open from Thursday 19th January 2023 to Wednesday 19th July 2023
26 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
Ban isolation as a punishment in schools.
Open from Wednesday 4th May 2022 to Friday 18th November 2022
26 signatures
Provide school uniform grants across England
Open from Tuesday 20th July 2021 to Thursday 20th January 2022
26 signatures
Make care leaver bursaries for higher education available to ages 25+
Open from Tuesday 11th May 2021 to Thursday 11th November 2021
26 signatures
Student Finance England loans to be interest free (future and existing)
Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
26 signatures
Create an Events Cancellation Fund for the events sector
Open from Monday 29th March 2021 to Wednesday 29th September 2021
26 signatures
Require schools to extend the summer holidays by 3 weeks
Open from Wednesday 17th February 2021 to Tuesday 17th August 2021
26 signatures
Close schools, Colleges and Universities starting 12 December for 6 weeks
Open from Thursday 3rd December 2020 to Thursday 3rd June 2021
26 signatures
Provide funding to increase social distancing on SEN home-to-school transport
Open from Tuesday 29th September 2020 to Monday 29th March 2021
26 signatures
Fund for all MA and MSc Courses in England
Open from Monday 21st September 2020 to Sunday 21st March 2021
26 signatures
Support & Provide materials to DT Departments for PPE production.
Open from Wednesday 1st July 2020 to Friday 1st January 2021
26 signatures
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