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Nicky Morgan: leaving the EU risks a lost generation
The Education Secretary warns of the devastating impact a vote to leave the EU will have on young people’s life chances.
Department
for Education
Education Secretary unveils a new blueprint for adoption
New plan to see more children placed in loving, stable homes by ensuring adoption is always pursued where it is in a child’s best interest.
Educational excellence everywhere
A white paper setting out our vision for schools in England.
Timelines for schools: mandatory and useful information
Spring term 2016 timelines to help headteachers, principals and governors plan for the term and academic year ahead.
Reducing teachers’ workload
What the government is doing to reduce unnecessary workload for teachers, including details of the workload challenge.
Latest
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School performance tables: how to interpret the data
- updated
- Guidance
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School performance tables: how we report the data
- updated
- Guidance
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Multi-agency statutory guidance on female genital mutilation
- published
- Statutory guidance
What we do
The Department for Education is responsible for education and children’s services in England. We work to achieve a highly educated society in which opportunity is equal for children and young people, no matter what their background or family circumstances.
DfE is a ministerial department, supported by 11 agencies and public bodies.
Documents
Our announcements
Our consultations
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Intervening in failing, underperforming and coasting schools
- Consultation outcome
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National reference test: implementation arrangements
- Consultation outcome
Our publications
Our statistics
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Children looked after in England including adoption: 2014 to 2015
- National Statistics
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Pupil absence in schools in England: 2014 to 2015
- National Statistics
Our ministers
Our management
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Chris Wormald
Permanent Secretary
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Paul Kissack
Director General, Children’s Services, Equalities and Communications
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Shona Dunn
Director General, Education Standards
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Andrew McCully
Director General, Infrastructure and Funding
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Richard Calvert
Director General, Strategy and Resources Directorate
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Tom Shinner
Director of Strategy
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Peter Lauener
Chief Executive, EFA
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Paul Marshall
Lead non-executive board member
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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
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. We're often busy from 10 to 11.30am and 1.30 to 3pm. You may get a quicker answer by calling outside these times.
Preventing extremism in schools and children's services
Email counter.extremism@education.gsi.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
- Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request
- Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question
- Make a new request by contacting us at:
High profile groups within DfE
Corporate information
Jobs and contracts
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