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 a PC laptop for remote learning for every child/student
Open from Tuesday 12th January 2021 to Monday 12th July 2021
364 signatures
Add parental alienation to the curriculum with mandatory training for teachers
Open from Wednesday 10th March 2021 to Friday 10th September 2021
362 signatures
Require all school and college staff to attend Neurodiversity training
Opened on Wednesday 14th February 2024
353 signatures so far
Introduce character education to the curriculum under PSHE
Open from Tuesday 16th March 2021 to Thursday 16th September 2021
351 signatures
Make university fees free
Open from Tuesday 10th March 2020 to Thursday 10th September 2020
350 signatures
Home fee status for EU students in UK after August 2021
Open from Tuesday 18th August 2020 to Thursday 18th February 2021
349 signatures
Require all education settings provide separate sex toilets from age 4 and up
Open from Thursday 10th August 2023 to Saturday 10th February 2024
346 signatures
Increase financial support for 4th/5th year medical students on NHS bursaries
Open from Monday 6th March 2023 to Wednesday 6th September 2023
344 signatures
Add first aid for anaphylaxis to the secondary school national curriculum
Open from Monday 2nd August 2021 to Wednesday 2nd February 2022
341 signatures
Require schools to have appropriate uniform rules for hot weather
Open from Monday 19th June 2023 to Tuesday 19th December 2023
339 signatures
Allow more school pupils to repeat an academic year due to COVID-19 lockdown.
Open from Wednesday 15th July 2020 to Friday 15th January 2021
336 signatures
All children in receipt of Universal Credit to receive free school meals
Open from Friday 8th July 2022 to Sunday 22nd January 2023
334 signatures
Implement support for university students during Covid-19
Open from Tuesday 20th October 2020 to Tuesday 20th April 2021
333 signatures
Ensure GCSE students have support materials for maths and science exams in 2025
Opened on Thursday 30th November 2023
332 signatures so far
Increase free childcare for working parents with children under school age
Open from Tuesday 28th June 2022 to Wednesday 11th January 2023
331 signatures
Provide Loans to Healthcare students wishing to study abroad due to COVID-19
Open from Wednesday 20th January 2021 to Tuesday 20th July 2021
331 signatures
Reverse changes to teacher training bursaries to prevent loss of teachers
Open from Tuesday 20th October 2020 to Tuesday 20th April 2021
330 signatures
Make the national curriculum more inclusive of LGBT+ content
Open from Friday 30th October 2020 to Friday 30th April 2021
325 signatures
Scrap fines for taking children out of school in term time
Open from Monday 23rd January 2023 to Sunday 23rd July 2023
324 signatures
Make British Sign Language a language option in the national curriculum
Open from Friday 9th April 2021 to Saturday 9th October 2021
324 signatures
Grandparents have legal rights to see grandchildren.
Open from Tuesday 16th March 2021 to Thursday 16th September 2021
324 signatures
Reduce university fees for degrees that do not offer full in-person teaching.
Open from Friday 28th May 2021 to Sunday 28th November 2021
318 signatures
Fund more school places for children with SEN
Open from Friday 13th March 2020 to Sunday 13th September 2020
316 signatures
Sex education and consent to be mandatory in primary schools
Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
315 signatures
Review how local authorities support children with special educational needs
Open from Wednesday 8th February 2023 to Tuesday 8th August 2023
314 signatures
Freeze student loan payments and interest accrual for Covid-19
Open from Wednesday 1st April 2020 to Thursday 1st October 2020
313 signatures
Require university campuses to close to stop the spread of COVID-19
Open from Monday 5th October 2020 to Monday 5th April 2021
308 signatures
Increase funding for diagnosis and treatment of speech and language needs
Open from Tuesday 5th July 2022 to Thursday 19th January 2023
306 signatures
Make Level 2 Understanding Autism mandatory across all education and businesses
Opened on Friday 12th January 2024
301 signatures so far
Require all teachers to be trained in supporting children with special needs
Open from Thursday 3rd February 2022 to Wednesday 3rd August 2022
297 signatures
Give parents rights to withdraw children from Relationships and
Sex Education
Open from Monday 13th February 2023 to Sunday 13th August 2023
294 signatures
Keep 30 hours free childcare if parents lose their job due to Covid
Open from Tuesday 29th September 2020 to Monday 29th March 2021
293 signatures
Decolonise the UK curriculum and make it more diverse
Open from Thursday 6th May 2021 to Saturday 6th November 2021
292 signatures
Fund free childcare from 1 year old
Open from Tuesday 27th July 2021 to Thursday 27th January 2022
291 signatures
Fund broadband for all households with school-age children from September.
Open from Thursday 20th August 2020 to Saturday 20th February 2021
291 signatures
Stop weighing children in school and labelling them due to their weight
Open from Thursday 20th August 2020 to Saturday 20th February 2021
291 signatures
Make teaching of age-appropriate sex education compulsory from Year 6
Open from Friday 8th April 2022 to Saturday 22nd October 2022
289 signatures
Make a fair, individual Appeals Process against Centre Assessed Grades
Open from Tuesday 29th September 2020 to Monday 29th March 2021
289 signatures
Keep Maths and English A-Level non-compulsory and let us keep a choice
Open from Thursday 15th December 2022 to Thursday 15th June 2023
288 signatures
Extend free school transport to over 16s
Open from Wednesday 9th August 2023 to Friday 9th February 2024
284 signatures
Introduce bursaries & paid placements for all Primary School Teacher Trainees
Open from Friday 24th July 2020 to Sunday 24th January 2021
282 signatures
Mandatory anti-racism and microaggression training for teachers
Open from Wednesday 26th January 2022 to Tuesday 26th July 2022
281 signatures
Extend the Maintenance loan to cover part time distance learning students
Open from Thursday 1st April 2021 to Friday 1st October 2021
280 signatures
Maintain home fee status and access to Student Finance for EU students.
Open from Friday 24th July 2020 to Sunday 24th January 2021
280 signatures
Increase support for the English Language Teaching sector
Open from Wednesday 26th May 2021 to Friday 26th November 2021
273 signatures
Extend ‘qualifying school’ criteria for free school bus travel
Open from Tuesday 5th July 2022 to Thursday 19th January 2023
270 signatures
Add the history of the Balkans to the national curriculum
Open from Friday 24th July 2020 to Sunday 24th January 2021
270 signatures
Provide more funding for school repairs
Opened on Tuesday 16th January 2024
268 signatures so far
Give schools access to names and photographs of registered sex offenders
Open from Monday 20th March 2023 to Wednesday 20th September 2023
268 signatures
Add disability awareness to the national curriculum
Open from Thursday 25th November 2021 to Wednesday 25th May 2022
267 signatures
Cut student loan's interest rate to properly reflect Bank of England's base rate
Open from Thursday 30th April 2020 to Friday 30th October 2020
267 signatures
Provide free school meal vouchers to disabled children with authorised absence
Open from Monday 14th February 2022 to Sunday 14th August 2022
266 signatures
Introduce a Climate Change subject to the National School Curriculum
Open from Tuesday 21st July 2020 to Thursday 21st January 2021
264 signatures
Urgent review of the current Functional Skills assessments for apprenticeships
Opened on Thursday 23rd November 2023
262 signatures so far
Start free childcare from child's 3rd birthday not the term after
Open from Wednesday 15th June 2022 to Thursday 29th December 2022
259 signatures
End forced adoption
Open from Thursday 13th May 2021 to Saturday 13th November 2021
259 signatures
Close Schools and Colleges during a second nationwide lockdown
Open from Friday 6th November 2020 to Thursday 6th May 2021
259 signatures
Bring back single award GCSE Science.
Open from Thursday 9th December 2021 to Thursday 9th June 2022
255 signatures
Make self-defence lessons compulsory on the school curriculum
Open from Monday 13th February 2023 to Sunday 13th August 2023
254 signatures
Ensure private candidates are able to take exams in 2021
Open from Friday 8th January 2021 to Thursday 8th July 2021
253 signatures
Promote a safe word children can say to indicate they are hurt or being abused
Open from Wednesday 8th December 2021 to Wednesday 8th June 2022
250 signatures
Forgive student debt of all key workers after Pandemic crisis.
Open from Monday 27th April 2020 to Tuesday 27th October 2020
250 signatures
Don't ban mobile phones in school
Open from Wednesday 4th October 2023 to Thursday 4th April 2024
249 signatures
Make 2022 GCSE Courses half coursework and half exam
Open from Friday 22nd January 2021 to Thursday 22nd July 2021
249 signatures
Fund pay for student teachers completing placements
Open from Monday 27th March 2023 to Wednesday 27th September 2023
247 signatures
Stop schools selling or giving students single-use plastic water bottles
Open from Thursday 30th December 2021 to Thursday 30th June 2022
245 signatures
Require schools close at 1pm on Friday so Muslims can go to mosque
Open from Thursday 24th March 2022 to Saturday 8th October 2022
244 signatures
Fund paid placements for all student teachers
Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
244 signatures
Fund year-round holiday activities for children with SEND and complex needs
Open from Tuesday 11th July 2023 to Thursday 11th January 2024
242 signatures
Abolish fines for parents who take their children out of school
Opened on Tuesday 30th April 2024
240 signatures so far
Require all social services workers to wear body cameras
Open from Wednesday 23rd August 2023 to Friday 23rd February 2024
240 signatures
New guidance for Local Authorities on disabled children and their families
Open from Friday 6th August 2021 to Sunday 6th February 2022
239 signatures
Clarify the new Government RSE & Health Education guidance
Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
237 signatures
Calculate child maintenance on net not gross income.
Open from Monday 12th July 2021 to Wednesday 12th January 2022
236 signatures
Extend free school transport policy to 17 and 18 year olds
Open from Friday 9th July 2021 to Sunday 9th January 2022
236 signatures
Require preschools and schools to educate under 5s on learning difficulties
Open from Wednesday 9th September 2020 to Tuesday 9th March 2021
234 signatures
Add accessibility to the national curriculum
Open from Thursday 20th October 2022 to Thursday 20th April 2023
233 signatures
Fund improved care and support for children with disabilities and their families
Open from Tuesday 20th July 2021 to Thursday 20th January 2022
233 signatures
Include infertility and the effects in the national curriculum
Open from Wednesday 31st March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
233 signatures
Add bleed control kit training to the school curriculum
Opened on Wednesday 28th February 2024
232 signatures so far
Reduce school summer holidays to four weeks
Open from Tuesday 29th August 2023 to Thursday 29th February 2024
232 signatures
Mandatory for children aged 11 and above to wear face masks whilst at school.
Open from Thursday 23rd July 2020 to Saturday 23rd January 2021
231 signatures
Allow adult adoption in the UK
Open from Monday 23rd November 2020 to Sunday 23rd May 2021
230 signatures
Do not apply changes to terms & conditions to existing student loan agreements
Open from Thursday 30th September 2021 to Wednesday 30th March 2022
229 signatures
Add British Sign Language to the national curriculum
Open from Monday 22nd May 2023 to Wednesday 22nd November 2023
227 signatures
Ensure schools get additional staff and facilities for in school covid testing
Open from Thursday 31st December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
226 signatures
Ban school uniforms in English schools
Open from Tuesday 1st February 2022 to Monday 1st August 2022
220 signatures
Make ALL forms of Domestic Abuse a compulsory PSHE topic in secondary schools
Open from Tuesday 21st July 2020 to Thursday 21st January 2021
218 signatures
Have schools reopen after February half term, in England, as promised.
Open from Friday 5th February 2021 to Thursday 5th August 2021
216 signatures
Add sociology to the curriculum at KS3 and oblige schools to offer it at KS4
Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
215 signatures
Require schools allow students to wear PE kit for whole day on PE days
Open from Monday 11th April 2022 to Tuesday 25th October 2022
212 signatures
Provide additional funding for existing and new youth centres
Opened on Tuesday 13th February 2024
211 signatures so far
Abolish homework across all schools
Open from Tuesday 4th January 2022 to Monday 4th July 2022
211 signatures
Allow school children 5 days of absence: for family, holidays & mental wellbeing
Open from Wednesday 15th February 2023 to Tuesday 15th August 2023
210 signatures
Make Free School Meals (FSM) fairer and accessible to ALL low income families
Open from Monday 7th September 2020 to Sunday 7th March 2021
209 signatures
Review and reform tuition fees and student loan interest and repayments
Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
209 signatures
Publish guidance to support teachers to discuss Israel/Palestine in schools
Open from Thursday 19th October 2023 to Friday 19th April 2024
207 signatures
Fund extra provision of 1-to-1 childcare for SEND children under the age of 2
Open from Tuesday 9th August 2022 to Thursday 23rd February 2023
207 signatures
Provide routine Covid tests for Early Years and prioritise staff for vaccination
Open from Tuesday 12th January 2021 to Monday 12th July 2021
207 signatures
Require schools ringfence funding for pupils with Education and Healthcare Plans
Open from Tuesday 8th February 2022 to Monday 8th August 2022
206 signatures
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