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 entitlements to free childcare for 2-year-olds to all working families
Open from Wednesday 1st July 2020 to Friday 1st January 2021
700 signatures
Require Universities to refund students during strike action
Open from Thursday 8th December 2022 to Thursday 8th June 2023
696 signatures
Seek to rejoin the Erasmus programme
Open from Tuesday 14th February 2023 to Monday 14th August 2023
695 signatures
Keep all schools and colleges open in England
Open from Monday 9th November 2020 to Sunday 9th May 2021
693 signatures
Prioritise Years 4 & 8 when re-opening of schools
Open from Monday 8th June 2020 to Tuesday 8th December 2020
693 signatures
Require schools to allow students to have access to the toilet during lessons
Open from Tuesday 12th September 2023 to Tuesday 12th March 2024
691 signatures
Ensure ALL students with student loans NEVER pay back more than they borrowed
Open from Thursday 13th October 2022 to Thursday 13th April 2023
679 signatures
Reform school behaviour policies to prioritise wellbeing and inclusion
Open from Tuesday 17th August 2021 to Thursday 17th February 2022
664 signatures
Fund regular in-school dental health check-ups for children
Open from Friday 28th May 2021 to Sunday 28th November 2021
662 signatures
Make student finance available for second degrees in paramedic science
Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
647 signatures
Increase protections for SEN children and young adults
Opened on Wednesday 22nd November 2023
643 signatures so far
Remove Ofqual's moderation of 2020 results based on schools previous performance
Open from Friday 14th August 2020 to Sunday 14th February 2021
641 signatures
Create a national online school for pupils unable to attend school premises
Open from Friday 28th January 2022 to Thursday 28th July 2022
639 signatures
Require universities to fully refund tuition fees for the Autumn term
Open from Thursday 5th November 2020 to Wednesday 5th May 2021
635 signatures
Cancel Vocational Exams NOW
Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
622 signatures
Ensure all 2021 examinations are based on teacher assessment only.
Open from Monday 7th September 2020 to Sunday 7th March 2021
617 signatures
Don’t cancel GCSES and A-Levels in 2021
Open from Friday 13th November 2020 to Thursday 13th May 2021
615 signatures
Introduce New Mandatory Food Standards for Schools
Opened on Tuesday 14th November 2023
610 signatures so far
Ban schools from being able to set homework
Open from Tuesday 18th October 2022 to Tuesday 18th April 2023
600 signatures
Bring in March 2023 budget changes to childcare allowances immediately
Open from Friday 17th March 2023 to Sunday 17th September 2023
582 signatures
Take action to address the rising levels of child poverty
Open from Monday 26th October 2020 to Monday 26th April 2021
581 signatures
Pay international students weekly wage equal to 20 hrs to meet monthly expenses
Open from Monday 11th May 2020 to Wednesday 11th November 2020
580 signatures
Reform child maintenance rules for parents who receive and pay maintenance
Open from Thursday 21st April 2022 to Friday 4th November 2022
579 signatures
Include the impact of fast fashion on the curriculum
Open from Thursday 23rd July 2020 to Saturday 23rd January 2021
574 signatures
Require schools to make Friday a part of the school weekend
Open from Thursday 21st April 2022 to Friday 4th November 2022
571 signatures
Ban all child sex offenders from entering schools, nurseries and child groups
Opened on Friday 23rd February 2024
565 signatures so far
Extend Cost of Living Payments to all students in higher education
Open from Tuesday 11th October 2022 to Tuesday 11th April 2023
565 signatures
Add PCOS and endometriosis to the national curriculum
Open from Monday 20th September 2021 to Sunday 20th March 2022
559 signatures
Increase financial support for childcare costs for student nurses and midwives
Open from Thursday 23rd July 2020 to Saturday 23rd January 2021
557 signatures
Require all schools to have at least one trained Mental Health First Aider
Open from Tuesday 3rd August 2021 to Thursday 3rd February 2022
550 signatures
Ban schools from posting photos and information of minors on public social media
Open from Friday 16th October 2020 to Friday 16th April 2021
548 signatures
Free British Sign language classes for deaf people and families
Open from Monday 3rd July 2023 to Wednesday 3rd January 2024
543 signatures
More funding for cookery lessons in primary schools to help fight obesity
Opened on Tuesday 6th February 2024
537 signatures so far
Review parental leave and pay, and access to affordable childcare
Open from Tuesday 14th February 2023 to Monday 14th August 2023
536 signatures
Continue to fund the LGBT anti-bullying scheme in schools.
Open from Thursday 26th November 2020 to Wednesday 26th May 2021
516 signatures
Justice for children incorrectly labelled "educationally subnormal" in 1960s/70s
Open from Thursday 9th June 2022 to Friday 23rd December 2022
515 signatures
Reduce student loan debts by the cost of all tuition fees paid during Covid-19
Open from Tuesday 24th November 2020 to Monday 24th May 2021
511 signatures
Remove LGBT content from the Relationships Education curriculum
Open from Friday 6th October 2023 to Saturday 6th April 2024
507 signatures
Support for GCSE and A-Level exams in 2024 due to impact of covid-19 and strikes
Open from Wednesday 5th April 2023 to Thursday 5th October 2023
502 signatures
Only issue Department for Education announcements during working hours
Open from Friday 20th November 2020 to Thursday 20th May 2021
501 signatures
Only open Early Years settings for key workers, vulnerable or SEN children
Open from Monday 11th January 2021 to Sunday 11th July 2021
498 signatures
The DfE to produce a standardised application form for teaching jobs
Open from Thursday 13th August 2020 to Saturday 13th February 2021
495 signatures
Make British Sign Language a compulsory subject in the national curriculum
Open from Wednesday 5th August 2020 to Friday 5th February 2021
494 signatures
Do not delay A-level Exams
Open from Monday 7th September 2020 to Sunday 7th March 2021
493 signatures
Reinstate IT GCSEs
Open from Tuesday 25th August 2020 to Thursday 25th February 2021
493 signatures
Lower tuition fees to a minimum £5,000 for University students during covid-19.
Open from Tuesday 23rd February 2021 to Monday 23rd August 2021
488 signatures
Require schools teach about special educational needs & mental health disorders
Open from Wednesday 23rd June 2021 to Thursday 23rd December 2021
486 signatures
Ensure GCSE students have equation sheets for maths and science exams
Opened on Wednesday 15th November 2023
483 signatures so far
Fund free wifi for university students forced into online learning
Open from Monday 26th October 2020 to Monday 26th April 2021
481 signatures
Introduce an optional philosophy GCSE into the current Key Stage 4 curriculum
Open from Tuesday 30th March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
478 signatures
Allow grades for students with memory loss to be set by continual assessment
Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
478 signatures
Close all schools until after February half-term to stop the spread of Covid-19
Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
477 signatures
Ensure GCSE students are issued equation sheets in 2024
Open from Tuesday 7th February 2023 to Monday 7th August 2023
474 signatures
Reclose schools for students aged 13 and above
Open from Friday 11th December 2020 to Friday 11th June 2021
474 signatures
Add alternative milks to the school milk subsidy scheme
Open from Thursday 22nd September 2022 to Wednesday 22nd March 2023
472 signatures
Require schools to increase plant-based lunch options
Open from Thursday 15th October 2020 to Thursday 15th April 2021
467 signatures
Require schools teach students about knife crime in Year 8 and 9
Open from Tuesday 24th May 2022 to Thursday 8th December 2022
465 signatures
Increase funding to early years settings which support children with SEN
Open from Thursday 28th April 2022 to Friday 11th November 2022
465 signatures
Grant Payment To Parents Helping Kids During Home Learning
Open from Monday 1st February 2021 to Sunday 1st August 2021
463 signatures
Fund the provision of smaller schools for those with complex SEND
Open from Tuesday 8th August 2023 to Thursday 8th February 2024
462 signatures
Introduce prison cell visits for students - help reduce knife crime.
Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
462 signatures
Introduce weekly Covid-19 testing for school staff and students in England
Open from Wednesday 9th September 2020 to Tuesday 9th March 2021
450 signatures
Extend Early Years funding to 39 weeks to allow for staff training
Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
446 signatures
Lower grade boundaries of 2021 GCSE and A-Level students.
Open from Thursday 15th October 2020 to Thursday 15th April 2021
444 signatures
Repeat the current school year from Sept 2020
Open from Monday 8th June 2020 to Tuesday 8th December 2020
442 signatures
Make Government and Politics compulsory at Secondary School including for GCSE
Open from Thursday 18th March 2021 to Saturday 18th September 2021
441 signatures
Require schools teach about Islam as part of religious education
Open from Monday 18th July 2022 to Wednesday 1st February 2023
432 signatures
Allow lecturers to pass apprentices where end point assessment has been delayed
Open from Thursday 14th January 2021 to Wednesday 14th July 2021
431 signatures
Reform the Childcare System
Open from Monday 21st September 2020 to Sunday 21st March 2021
431 signatures
Create statutory procedures for sexual offence complaints in all universities
Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
420 signatures
Require local authorities to offer EHCPs to all children with a disability
Open from Wednesday 7th October 2020 to Wednesday 7th April 2021
419 signatures
Require all teachers have termly training about signs of neurodiversity.
Open from Friday 5th May 2023 to Sunday 5th November 2023
415 signatures
Provide food vouchers for disabled children, unable to access their meals.
Open from Thursday 26th January 2023 to Wednesday 26th July 2023
415 signatures
Make Plan 2 Student Loans fair by capping the interest rate at 1.5%.
Open from Wednesday 3rd August 2022 to Friday 17th February 2023
413 signatures
Call the government to reduce UK University tuition fees from £9250 to £3000
Open from Wednesday 11th March 2020 to Friday 11th September 2020
413 signatures
Subsidise school sports kit for girls from lower-income families.
Open from Thursday 23rd February 2023 to Wednesday 23rd August 2023
409 signatures
Add hidden disabilities to the national curriculum
Open from Monday 28th February 2022 to Sunday 28th August 2022
408 signatures
Give all teachers a free COVID test at the end of Autumn term
Open from Thursday 10th December 2020 to Thursday 10th June 2021
400 signatures
Leave Reception class in schools open during a COVID England wide lockdown
Open from Tuesday 12th January 2021 to Monday 12th July 2021
399 signatures
Increase funding for Special Education Needs schools
Open from Thursday 3rd December 2020 to Thursday 3rd June 2021
399 signatures
Add the British National Anthem to the National Curriculum
Open from Thursday 20th January 2022 to Wednesday 20th July 2022
398 signatures
Review 2022 exam arrangements for GCSEs and A-levels
Open from Tuesday 12th January 2021 to Monday 12th July 2021
398 signatures
Include gardening in the National Curriculum
Open from Tuesday 10th March 2020 to Thursday 10th September 2020
397 signatures
Fund increased support for SEN children in mainstream schools
Open from Tuesday 9th May 2023 to Thursday 9th November 2023
388 signatures
Increase awareness of the dangers of swimming in lakes and rivers
Open from Thursday 14th July 2022 to Saturday 28th January 2023
388 signatures
Ban primary schools from offering attendance awards
Open from Monday 18th September 2023 to Monday 18th March 2024
381 signatures
End compulsory SATs for primary school children
Open from Thursday 18th May 2023 to Saturday 18th November 2023
379 signatures
Ban animal dissection in schools and colleges
Open from Thursday 9th February 2023 to Wednesday 9th August 2023
379 signatures
Permanently change the examination system - no final exams but a final grade.
Open from Monday 15th February 2021 to Sunday 15th August 2021
379 signatures
Require training on Autism for everyone who is in a childcare profession
Open from Tuesday 16th August 2022 to Thursday 2nd March 2023
378 signatures
Make face masks compulsory for secondary pupils and school staff in classrooms
Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
378 signatures
End the practice of 'forced adoption' via the family court system
Open from Monday 24th January 2022 to Sunday 24th July 2022
377 signatures
Ban homework except for GCSE coursework
Open from Wednesday 3rd May 2023 to Friday 3rd November 2023
375 signatures
Increase funding for those children with SEN when school resumes
Open from Wednesday 15th July 2020 to Friday 15th January 2021
375 signatures
Require primary schools to assess all students for learning difficulties
Open from Thursday 15th October 2020 to Thursday 15th April 2021
374 signatures
Do not make student loans contingent on past grades
Open from Monday 28th February 2022 to Sunday 28th August 2022
373 signatures
Include funding for more school gardens in the 2020-21 school building programme
Open from Tuesday 11th August 2020 to Thursday 11th February 2021
373 signatures
Introduce routine scoliosis screening in primary and secondary schools
Open from Wednesday 20th October 2021 to Wednesday 20th April 2022
372 signatures
Replace “Special Educational Needs” within the Children & Families Act (2014).
Open from Wednesday 5th May 2021 to Friday 5th November 2021
370 signatures
Ensure fair grading for GCSE and A Level students in 2023 due to strikes
Open from Wednesday 26th April 2023 to Thursday 26th October 2023
369 signatures
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