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
Fund music at state schools to the amount spent by private schools
Opened on Tuesday 20th February 2024
1,976 signatures so far
Government subsidise this year's university tuition fees
Open from Monday 5th October 2020 to Monday 5th April 2021
1,918 signatures
Introduce Albanian language as a GCSE and A Level
Open from Wednesday 4th May 2022 to Friday 18th November 2022
1,916 signatures
Allow temporary homeschooling during the pandemic without losing school place
Open from Friday 9th October 2020 to Friday 9th April 2021
1,908 signatures
Grant University Home Fee Status to Holders of British National Overseas Visas
Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
1,863 signatures
Improve Covid-19 Mitigation Measures in Schools
Open from Tuesday 21st December 2021 to Tuesday 21st June 2022
1,857 signatures
Prohibit promotion of homosexuality/gender incongruence in schools & councils
Open from Tuesday 31st October 2023 to Tuesday 30th April 2024
1,850 signatures
Require schools to allow children the option to retake their year next year
Open from Tuesday 14th April 2020 to Wednesday 14th October 2020
1,832 signatures
Introduce a statutory bereavement policy into primary and secondary schools.
Open from Friday 18th December 2020 to Friday 18th June 2021
1,829 signatures
Fund 1:1 support for children with ECHPs all year not just term time
Open from Friday 23rd October 2020 to Friday 23rd April 2021
1,826 signatures
Change the Early Years funding to start the month after a child turns 2 or 3
Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
1,821 signatures
Develop an Education Health Care Plan template for use by all local authorities
Open from Monday 24th January 2022 to Sunday 24th July 2022
1,806 signatures
Abolish Homework in all schools
Open from Wednesday 11th March 2020 to Friday 11th September 2020
1,798 signatures
Ban egg hatching projects in educational settings
Open from Tuesday 2nd May 2023 to Thursday 2nd November 2023
1,740 signatures
Require mandatory training on ASD/ADHD and SEND for teachers
Open from Tuesday 10th November 2020 to Monday 10th May 2021
1,709 signatures
Review how primary schools assess and provide support for children with dyslexia
Open from Monday 12th October 2020 to Monday 12th April 2021
1,706 signatures
Calculate child maintenance based on actual child expenses
Open from Tuesday 15th June 2021 to Wednesday 15th December 2021
1,684 signatures
Mandatory training for teachers to understand ADHD & autism
Open from Tuesday 30th May 2023 to Thursday 30th November 2023
1,682 signatures
Ban uniform in schools.
Open from Monday 28th November 2022 to Sunday 28th May 2023
1,682 signatures
End the academic year at Easter for this year’s Upper Sixth and Year 11
Open from Thursday 25th February 2021 to Wednesday 25th August 2021
1,659 signatures
Allow childminders to claim ‘free hours’ for related children
Open from Friday 4th September 2020 to Thursday 4th March 2021
1,622 signatures
Reform the National Curriculum on the basis of equality and BAME representation
Open from Thursday 18th June 2020 to Friday 18th December 2020
1,621 signatures
Schools to have the funding for a full time teaching assistant in every class.
Open from Monday 5th October 2020 to Monday 5th April 2021
1,614 signatures
Introduce mandatory training for all staff working with children with SEN.
Open from Monday 14th November 2022 to Sunday 14th May 2023
1,581 signatures
Make ‘Mental Health Studies’ a separate subject in the National Curriculum
Open from Tuesday 7th June 2022 to Wednesday 21st December 2022
1,572 signatures
All schools to be issued a portrait of Her Majesty the Queen this Jubilee Year
Open from Thursday 17th March 2022 to Saturday 1st October 2022
1,567 signatures
Fund the installation of defibrillators in all educational settings
Open from Friday 8th October 2021 to Friday 8th April 2022
1,548 signatures
Provide free school meals for ALL school children in England by autumn 2022
Open from Monday 6th June 2022 to Tuesday 20th December 2022
1,525 signatures
Commit to and fund all schools being zero carbon by 2030
Open from Wednesday 5th April 2023 to Thursday 5th October 2023
1,494 signatures
Fund free childcare for working parents with children over 9 months
Open from Friday 3rd December 2021 to Friday 3rd June 2022
1,480 signatures
Substantially raise minimum fostering allowances due to current cost of living
Open from Tuesday 22nd March 2022 to Thursday 6th October 2022
1,459 signatures
Keep Care Leavers Digitally Connected
Open from Monday 21st September 2020 to Sunday 21st March 2021
1,450 signatures
Require schools and colleges to have gender neutral toilets
Open from Tuesday 24th March 2020 to Thursday 24th September 2020
1,433 signatures
Refund ALL University student tuition fees due to lack of quality in education
Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
1,398 signatures
Shut schools completely to stop putting teachers, TAs and pupils at risk
Open from Friday 15th May 2020 to Sunday 15th November 2020
1,385 signatures
Include Dry Slope (artificial slope) Skiing & Snowboarding in GCSE PE
Open from Friday 7th May 2021 to Sunday 7th November 2021
1,377 signatures
End Behaviour Hub programme and investigate impact of school behaviour policies
Open from Thursday 30th March 2023 to Saturday 30th September 2023
1,370 signatures
Provide funding for mental wellbeing staff for children in schools and college
Open from Friday 18th November 2022 to Thursday 18th May 2023
1,368 signatures
Write off student loans for NHS workers after 10 years of service
Open from Tuesday 18th July 2023 to Thursday 18th January 2024
1,336 signatures
Launch a full Public Inquiry into child sexual exploitation (CSE) in Oldham
Open from Wednesday 24th August 2022 to Friday 10th March 2023
1,331 signatures
Increase student maintenance loans in line with inflation on a yearly basis
Open from Wednesday 26th October 2022 to Wednesday 26th April 2023
1,315 signatures
Include Creation Science in the National Curriculum.
Open from Tuesday 28th February 2023 to Monday 28th August 2023
1,311 signatures
Require local authorities to fund school transport for disabled 16-18 year olds
Opened on Thursday 18th April 2024
1,308 signatures so far
Prevent Functional Skill Qualification (FSQ)/ESOL exams taking place in 2021
Open from Friday 19th March 2021 to Sunday 19th September 2021
1,300 signatures
Require all educational settings to have a bereavement policy
Open from Tuesday 16th November 2021 to Monday 16th May 2022
1,288 signatures
Publish guidance for schools and workplaces on how to deal with ADHD
Open from Monday 16th March 2020 to Wednesday 16th September 2020
1,270 signatures
Give all children the option of blended/online learning in the future
Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
1,258 signatures
Do not cut school holidays or extend the school day
Open from Tuesday 16th February 2021 to Monday 16th August 2021
1,241 signatures
Increase awareness of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in UK schools
Open from Thursday 1st April 2021 to Friday 1st October 2021
1,236 signatures
Do not fully re-open schools until all indoor mixing is safe to be resumed
Open from Monday 1st February 2021 to Sunday 1st August 2021
1,222 signatures
Reinstate the ITT bursaries for arts and humanities PGCE
Open from Thursday 22nd October 2020 to Thursday 22nd April 2021
1,215 signatures
Introduce a Kannada language GCSE
Open from Thursday 16th December 2021 to Thursday 16th June 2022
1,177 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
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
Scrap fines for families with vulnerable members that keep children from school
Open from Wednesday 2nd September 2020 to Tuesday 2nd March 2021
1,115 signatures
Require schools to allow children to wear shorts and skirts in hot weather
Open from Thursday 23rd June 2022 to Friday 6th January 2023
1,066 signatures
Require schools and colleges to provide gender neutral toilets
Open from Monday 7th December 2020 to Monday 7th June 2021
1,063 signatures
Close schools and colleges and replace exams with teacher assessed grades
Open from Wednesday 22nd December 2021 to Wednesday 22nd June 2022
1,042 signatures
Make suicide prevention a compulsory part of the curriculum in Secondary Schools
Open from Wednesday 30th August 2023 to Thursday 29th February 2024
1,024 signatures
Lower Grade Boundaries for A-Level October Exams
Open from Thursday 1st October 2020 to Thursday 1st April 2021
1,009 signatures
Add Environmental Conservation to the national curriculum for all schools
Open from Tuesday 10th March 2020 to Thursday 10th September 2020
991 signatures
Require schools to allow pupils to wear PE kit for the full day on PE day
Open from Monday 29th March 2021 to Wednesday 29th September 2021
980 signatures
Ban isolation across schools in England
Open from Monday 9th January 2023 to Sunday 9th July 2023
979 signatures
Stop schools being closed unnecessarily over fears of coronavirus (Covid-19)
Open from Wednesday 11th March 2020 to Friday 11th September 2020
944 signatures
Create statutory procedures for sexual offence complaints at university
Open from Monday 21st June 2021 to Tuesday 21st December 2021
940 signatures
Add British Sign Language into the national curriculum
Open from Monday 25th July 2022 to Wednesday 8th February 2023
927 signatures
Fund improved neurodiversity diagnosis, identification and support in schools
Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
906 signatures
Abolish Ofsted and replace with a new system
Open from Thursday 23rd March 2023 to Saturday 23rd September 2023
905 signatures
Review how children with dyslexia are assessed by the exam system
Open from Tuesday 1st September 2020 to Monday 1st March 2021
899 signatures
Waive all student loans and reimburse all clinical training fees for NHS staff
Open from Wednesday 27th January 2021 to Tuesday 27th July 2021
895 signatures
Do not include language about protests in any DfE strategies
Open from Monday 6th December 2021 to Monday 6th June 2022
892 signatures
Give all teaching assistants a payrise after their sacrifice during Covid19.
Open from Thursday 23rd July 2020 to Saturday 23rd January 2021
868 signatures
Provide £500 cash grant to fund children being home schooled
Open from Wednesday 27th May 2020 to Friday 27th November 2020
863 signatures
Retract DfE guidance banning use of anti-capitalist material in schools
Open from Tuesday 6th October 2020 to Tuesday 6th April 2021
850 signatures
Give parents the right to see the content of sex education lessons in schools
Open from Friday 23rd June 2023 to Saturday 23rd December 2023
843 signatures
Justice for children incorrectly labelled "educationally subnormal" in 1960s/70s
Open from Monday 23rd January 2023 to Sunday 23rd July 2023
833 signatures
Introduce a statutory Mental Health Policy to all schools in England
Open from Wednesday 28th April 2021 to Thursday 28th October 2021
833 signatures
Require exam boards provide advance information about 2023 exam content
Open from Tuesday 22nd March 2022 to Thursday 6th October 2022
826 signatures
Fund additional support for children during the EHCP assessment process
Open from Tuesday 24th January 2023 to Monday 24th July 2023
821 signatures
Legal default of equal shared care for children upon separation.
Open from Tuesday 14th December 2021 to Tuesday 14th June 2022
813 signatures
Scrap plans to write off historic child support debts.
Open from Monday 22nd February 2021 to Sunday 22nd August 2021
812 signatures
SEN review of curriculum, educational and employment opportunities
Open from Thursday 10th December 2020 to Thursday 10th June 2021
793 signatures
Require schools to allow children to wear face masks at school due to Covid-19
Open from Monday 3rd August 2020 to Wednesday 3rd February 2021
786 signatures
Stop classifying SEN Pupils as "Persistently Absent" for medical absences
Opened on Friday 22nd March 2024
782 signatures so far
Create targeted support for children of parents with a mental illness
Open from Tuesday 1st March 2022 to Thursday 1st September 2022
782 signatures
Make swimming lessons mandatory in school from age 5
Open from Friday 24th March 2023 to Sunday 24th September 2023
778 signatures
Publish mandatory curriculum content on online safety for children
Open from Wednesday 18th January 2023 to Tuesday 18th July 2023
771 signatures
Provide more funding to schools for mental health programmes
Open from Wednesday 17th February 2021 to Tuesday 17th August 2021
770 signatures
Open schools during the summer holidays
Open from Tuesday 7th April 2020 to Wednesday 7th October 2020
770 signatures
Introduce a regulator to oversee the EHCP process
Open from Monday 13th February 2023 to Sunday 13th August 2023
769 signatures
Lift social distancing in schools and nurseries for the sake of mental health
Open from Wednesday 12th August 2020 to Friday 12th February 2021
762 signatures
Recognise Makaton as a language in law
Opened on Wednesday 24th January 2024
758 signatures so far
Reinstate martial arts onto the activity lists for GCSE and A level
Open from Thursday 10th March 2022 to Saturday 24th September 2022
751 signatures
Require schools to support home learning during Covid-19 outbreak
Open from Wednesday 12th August 2020 to Friday 12th February 2021
751 signatures
Keep all nurseries and early years settings open during lockdown
Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
739 signatures
Prohibit any exams from taking place during the Covid-19 outbreak
Open from Monday 25th January 2021 to Sunday 25th July 2021
725 signatures
Limit of 25% of attendance to prioritise safety of staff and pupils in education
Open from Wednesday 20th January 2021 to Tuesday 20th July 2021
721 signatures
Ensure fair grading for A Level students in 2023
Open from Monday 16th January 2023 to Sunday 16th July 2023
717 signatures
Pay parents/carers lost earnings if suitable school provision not provided
Open from Tuesday 11th July 2023 to Thursday 11th January 2024
709 signatures
Add sign language on to the national schools curriculum.
Open from Tuesday 26th October 2021 to Tuesday 26th April 2022
702 signatures
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