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
Support & Provide materials to DT Departments for PPE production.
Open from Wednesday 1st July 2020 to Friday 1st January 2021
26 signatures
Allow students to be exempted from RSE lessons to study their own religion
Open from Tuesday 17th March 2020 to Thursday 17th September 2020
26 signatures
Ban schools from giving detentions to students
Opened on Friday 12th April 2024
25 signatures so far
Remove the right to withdraw from RE lessons in schools
Opened on Thursday 4th April 2024
25 signatures so far
Require all primary schools to teach makaton
Opened on Tuesday 19th March 2024
25 signatures so far
Extend Adventure Activities Licensing to all organisations for under 18s
Opened on Monday 4th March 2024
25 signatures so far
Fund increased pay for NHS and teachers to reflect local vacancy rates
Open from Friday 14th April 2023 to Saturday 14th October 2023
25 signatures
Stop schools requiring specific GCSEs other than Maths, English and Science
Open from Thursday 30th March 2023 to Saturday 30th September 2023
25 signatures
For English Literature to be an optional GCSE.
Open from Wednesday 28th December 2022 to Wednesday 28th June 2023
25 signatures
Add content on diversity in politics to the national curriculum
Open from Tuesday 29th November 2022 to Monday 29th May 2023
25 signatures
Freeze student loan repayments for 12 months
Open from Tuesday 9th August 2022 to Thursday 23rd February 2023
25 signatures
Require schools to allow students to wear PE kit all day when over 24 degrees
Open from Friday 15th July 2022 to Sunday 29th January 2023
25 signatures
Introduce subsidies for childcare costs based on parents’ income
Open from Friday 10th September 2021 to Thursday 10th March 2022
25 signatures
Increase funding for schools so that pupils can catch up after COVID.
Open from Monday 28th June 2021 to Tuesday 28th December 2021
25 signatures
Create an alternative education provision for neuro-diverse children and teens
Open from Wednesday 23rd June 2021 to Thursday 23rd December 2021
25 signatures
Organise and fund a 6-week 'Summer of Fun' for children and young people
Open from Monday 29th March 2021 to Wednesday 29th September 2021
25 signatures
Keep schools open in Tier 4 areas
Open from Monday 4th January 2021 to Sunday 4th July 2021
25 signatures
Design Technology to be compulsory at KS4 for all students.
Open from Friday 12th June 2020 to Saturday 12th December 2020
25 signatures
Increase knife crime education and support for youth support and youth centres
Opened on Tuesday 26th March 2024
24 signatures so far
Review school rules/sanctions and impact on students
Opened on Thursday 29th February 2024
24 signatures so far
Require schools to close during severe weather
Opened on Tuesday 6th February 2024
24 signatures so far
Make all subjects optional at GCSE level
Opened on Monday 27th November 2023
24 signatures so far
Make it a crime to stop someone from seeing their child, if not for violence.
Open from Monday 19th December 2022 to Monday 19th June 2023
24 signatures
Include a diversified range of authors for GCSE, A-level and primary curriculums
Open from Tuesday 4th October 2022 to Tuesday 4th April 2023
24 signatures
Make student finance available for all second degrees
Open from Monday 25th July 2022 to Wednesday 8th February 2023
24 signatures
Add fire awareness to the national curriculum
Open from Wednesday 11th May 2022 to Friday 25th November 2022
24 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
Impose penalties on councils who fail to provide EHCPs on time
Open from Wednesday 20th October 2021 to Wednesday 20th April 2022
24 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
Require schools to operate a 4 day week
Open from Tuesday 9th March 2021 to Thursday 9th September 2021
24 signatures
Don’t send students back until mid April, to ensure a definite decrease in cases
Open from Tuesday 23rd February 2021 to Monday 23rd August 2021
24 signatures
Do not reduce funding for higher education courses such as media studies
Open from Friday 12th February 2021 to Thursday 12th August 2021
24 signatures
Give students their predicted grades for exam results
Open from Friday 15th January 2021 to Thursday 15th July 2021
24 signatures
Allow All University Students To Return At The Start Of February
Open from Thursday 14th January 2021 to Wednesday 14th July 2021
24 signatures
Keep 'After School Activities' & Youth Work, open for children in lockdown
Open from Monday 11th January 2021 to Sunday 11th July 2021
24 signatures
Make Media Studies a compulsory subject in UK schools (from an early age).
Open from Tuesday 15th December 2020 to Tuesday 15th June 2021
24 signatures
Mandatory for all nursery staff to be trained in Paediatric First Aid
Open from Tuesday 24th November 2020 to Monday 24th May 2021
24 signatures
Allow children’s extra curricular activities to continue during November
Open from Wednesday 11th November 2020 to Tuesday 11th May 2021
24 signatures
Fund all senior schools to provide private changing rooms
Open from Tuesday 13th October 2020 to Tuesday 13th April 2021
24 signatures
Make it easier for children of migrants to access higher education funding
Open from Tuesday 15th September 2020 to Monday 15th March 2021
24 signatures
Review the standardisation of grades so state school pupils aren't disadvantaged
Open from Friday 14th August 2020 to Sunday 14th February 2021
24 signatures
Emergency fund for estranged & care-experienced students affected by lockdown
Open from Thursday 23rd July 2020 to Saturday 23rd January 2021
24 signatures
Stop schools from giving over 30 minute detentions.
Open from Wednesday 1st April 2020 to Thursday 1st October 2020
24 signatures
Increasing funding to support children with special educational needs
Opened on Tuesday 26th March 2024
23 signatures so far
Require LAs to reimburse education costs following tribunal/if they concede
Opened on Friday 19th January 2024
23 signatures so far
Get rid of all school examinations
Open from Wednesday 8th November 2023 to Wednesday 8th May 2024
23 signatures
Write off student loans for university students graduating in 2023
Open from Monday 3rd July 2023 to Wednesday 3rd January 2024
23 signatures
Increase cultural diversity in the national curriculum
Open from Thursday 11th May 2023 to Saturday 11th November 2023
23 signatures
Introduce fines for local authorities that lose SEND tribunals
Open from Wednesday 29th March 2023 to Friday 29th September 2023
23 signatures
Ban homework in schools apart from core/GCSE subjects.
Open from Tuesday 28th March 2023 to Thursday 28th September 2023
23 signatures
Make training about online sexual abuse mandatory for teachers
Open from Monday 6th February 2023 to Sunday 6th August 2023
23 signatures
Give all children with an EHCP a right to free school transport
Open from Thursday 17th November 2022 to Wednesday 17th May 2023
23 signatures
Introduce Dementia Information Sessions on the National Curriculum
Open from Monday 24th October 2022 to Monday 24th April 2023
23 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
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
Extend the COVID-19 temporary visa concessions for international students
Open from Monday 29th November 2021 to Sunday 29th May 2022
23 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
Lift the cap on university places for 2021/22 due to impact of COVID-19
Open from Monday 22nd March 2021 to Wednesday 22nd September 2021
23 signatures
Fund free school meals for all children
Open from Friday 19th February 2021 to Thursday 19th August 2021
23 signatures
Children to attend school during lockdown while parents are in education
Open from Monday 25th January 2021 to Sunday 25th July 2021
23 signatures
Offer GCSE and A level students the option to sit their exams at a later date
Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
23 signatures
Make Home Economics mandatory in the National Curriculum.
Open from Monday 11th January 2021 to Sunday 11th July 2021
23 signatures
Ban plastics in schools
Open from Thursday 10th December 2020 to Thursday 10th June 2021
23 signatures
Allow parents to donate their children's free school meals to those in need.
Open from Thursday 19th November 2020 to Wednesday 19th May 2021
23 signatures
Require 2 metre social distancing at schools
Open from Wednesday 30th September 2020 to Tuesday 30th March 2021
23 signatures
Add Emotional Intelligence & Critical Thinking into the National Curriculum
Open from Wednesday 17th June 2020 to Thursday 17th December 2020
23 signatures
Change guidance and funding for behaviour management in schools
Opened on Tuesday 23rd April 2024
22 signatures so far
Don’t make students who don’t get a level 4 in maths/English GCSE retake them
Opened on Friday 16th February 2024
22 signatures so far
Make CMS payable until the age of 20 for any child in any higher education
Opened on Monday 22nd January 2024
22 signatures so far
Require cameras in all school classrooms and give parents access
Opened on Thursday 18th January 2024
22 signatures so far
Reduce school hours to 5 hours a day
Open from Tuesday 24th October 2023 to Wednesday 24th April 2024
22 signatures
Increase funding for art departments in primary schools
Open from Wednesday 20th September 2023 to Wednesday 20th March 2024
22 signatures
Fund free access to A Levels for all under 25s
Open from Wednesday 2nd August 2023 to Friday 2nd February 2024
22 signatures
Make all term dates across all schools in England the same
Open from Monday 13th February 2023 to Sunday 13th August 2023
22 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
Add Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to the curriculum & fund staff training.
Open from Thursday 26th August 2021 to Saturday 26th February 2022
22 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
Provide financial support to parents homeschooling their children
Open from Thursday 22nd July 2021 to Saturday 22nd January 2022
22 signatures
Extend free school meals for all current Year 2 pupils for another year
Open from Wednesday 24th March 2021 to Friday 24th September 2021
22 signatures
Let Our Children Learn About Peace through the educational curriculum
Open from Tuesday 16th March 2021 to Thursday 16th September 2021
22 signatures
Give all 2021 A-level students grades based on their GCSE results
Open from Monday 18th January 2021 to Sunday 18th July 2021
22 signatures
Permit remote learning surrounding relaxed Covid rule periods.
Open from Monday 14th December 2020 to Monday 14th June 2021
22 signatures
Require secondary schools to start teaching at 10am and end it at 2pm
Open from Wednesday 28th October 2020 to Wednesday 28th April 2021
22 signatures
Only let students who can’t work at home to attend school.
Open from Wednesday 14th October 2020 to Wednesday 14th April 2021
22 signatures
Fund universities to provide a laptop to all students whose tuition is online
Open from Thursday 1st October 2020 to Thursday 1st April 2021
22 signatures
Require all schools to offer regular counselling to students
Open from Thursday 3rd September 2020 to Wednesday 3rd March 2021
22 signatures
Due to the Corona pandemic, postpone the EU Brexit fee status for one year
Open from Tuesday 18th August 2020 to Thursday 18th February 2021
22 signatures
Make the English Literature curriculum for Key Stage 4 more diverse
Opened on Wednesday 10th April 2024
21 signatures so far
Extend home fee status to everyone who has lived in the UK for half their life
Opened on Thursday 1st February 2024
21 signatures so far
Require schools close at least a week before Christmas to help protect elderly
Opened on Tuesday 16th January 2024
21 signatures so far
Introduce fines for local authorities that breach obligations for EHCPs
Open from Tuesday 18th July 2023 to Thursday 18th January 2024
21 signatures
Require secondary schools to have a nine week summer holiday
Open from Friday 10th March 2023 to Sunday 10th September 2023
21 signatures
Anyone aged 17 or below can go to a safe place without parental consent
Open from Friday 27th May 2022 to Sunday 11th December 2022
21 signatures
Replace 2022 GCSE and A-Level exams with teacher assessed grades
Open from Monday 11th April 2022 to Tuesday 25th October 2022
21 signatures
Prohibit single-sex schools
Open from Tuesday 22nd March 2022 to Thursday 6th October 2022
21 signatures
Mandatory sexual harassment training for school staff
Open from Thursday 17th June 2021 to Friday 17th December 2021
21 signatures
Fund free travel to school, college, university, etc. for all students
Open from Tuesday 1st June 2021 to Wednesday 1st December 2021
21 signatures
15 free hours childcare from when a baby is 8 months old for working parents.
Open from Friday 28th May 2021 to Sunday 28th November 2021
21 signatures
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