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for Education
Helping children learn through a proportionate primary assessment system
New assessment to provide better starting point to measure progress and the impact of schools.
Universities must embrace accountability
Minister outlines plans to boost accountability and transparency across high education sector
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What maintained schools must publish online
The information that schools maintained by their local authorities must publish on their websites.
Latest
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Open academies and academy projects in development
- updated
- Transparency data
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Worcestershire children’s services: non-executive commissioner's report
- published
- Independent report
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Revised direction issued to Worcestershire county council
- published
- Decision
What we do
The Department for Education is responsible for children’s services and education, including higher and further education policy, apprenticeships and wider skills in England. The department is also home to the Government Equalities Office. We work to provide children’s services and education that ensure opportunity is equal for all, no matter what their background or family circumstances.
DfE is a ministerial department, supported by 17 agencies and public bodies.
Documents
Our announcements
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Back to school for thousands of pupils as new free schools open
- News story
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Primary assessment public consultations: government response
- Written statement to Parliament
Our consultations
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Primary school pupil assessment: Rochford Review recommendations
- Consultation outcome
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Primary assessment in England
- Consultation outcome
Our publications
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Open academies and academy projects in development
- Transparency data
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Worcestershire children’s services: non-executive commissioner's report
- Independent report
Our statistics
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Permanent and fixed-period exclusions in England: 2015 to 2016
- National Statistics
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Experimental apprenticeships data visualisations
- Official Statistics
Our ministers
Our management
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Jonathan Slater
Permanent Secretary
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Indra Morris
Director General, Social Care, Mobility and Equalities
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Paul Kett
Director General, Education Standards
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Andrew McCully
Director General, Infrastructure and Funding
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Philippa Lloyd
Director General, Higher and Further Education
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Marion Plant OBE
Non-executive board member
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David Meller
Non-executive board member
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Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith CBE
Non-executive board member
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Ian Ferguson CBE
Non-executive board member
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Howard Orme
Chief Financial and Operating Officer, Insight, Resources and Transformation
Contact DfE
General enquiries
Ministerial and Public Communications Division
Department for Education
Piccadilly Gate
Store Street
Manchester
M1 2WD
The national helpline is open between Monday and Friday, 9am to 5pm, although you may get a quicker answer by calling between 9am and 10am, or between 4pm and 5pm.
Preventing extremism in schools and children's services
Email counter.extremism@education.gov.uk
Telephone 020 7340 7264
If you are concerned about extremism in a school or organisation that works with children, or if you think a child might be at risk of extremism, contact our helpline.
Open Monday to Friday from 9am to 6pm (excluding bank holidays).
Media enquiries
Central newsdesk 020 7783 8300
Make an FOI request
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Corporate information
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Read about the types of information we routinely publish in our Publication scheme. Our Personal information charter explains how we treat your personal information. Read our policy on Social media use.