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Thousands of children to benefit from music and arts investment
The government has announced more than £300 million to help young people from every background enjoy the benefits of music and the arts.
Department
for Education
Justine Greening: supporting social workers and our care system
Education Secretary speaks about children's social care at the National Adult and Children's Services (NCAS) Conference 2016.
Supporting care leavers to thrive: everyone’s business
Edward Timpson's keynote speech at The Prince’s Trust National Care Leavers’ Week Conference 2016.
Timelines for schools: mandatory and useful information
Autumn term 2016 timelines to help headteachers, principals and governors plan for the term and academic year ahead.
Schools that work for everyone
We’re seeking views on creating more good school places.
Latest
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Direction issued to Birmingham city council
- updated
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Direction issued to Kirklees council
- published
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Improvement notices and directions
- updated
- Collection
What we do
The Department for Education is responsible for education, children’s services, higher and further education policy, apprenticeships and wider skills in England, and equalities. We work to achieve a highly educated society in which opportunity is equal for all, no matter what their background or family circumstances.
DfE is a ministerial department, supported by 18 agencies and public bodies.
Documents
Our announcements
Our consultations
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Knowledge and skills statement for achieving permanence
- Consultation outcome
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30-hour free childcare entitlement
- Consultation outcome
Our publications
Our statistics
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Initial teacher training: trainee number census - 2016 to 2017
- Official Statistics
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Early years foundation stage profile results: 2015 to 2016
- National Statistics
Our ministers
Our management
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Jonathan Slater
Permanent Secretary
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Paul Kissack
Director General, Children’s Services, Equalities and Communications
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Juliet Chua
Director General, Education Standards
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Andrew McCully
Director General, Infrastructure and Funding
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Howard Orme
Director General, Strategy and Resources Directorate
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Philippa Lloyd
Director General, Higher and Further Education
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Peter Lauener
Chief Executive, EFA; Chief Executive, Skills Funding Agency
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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, 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
- 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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