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Data revolution for students
More data than ever before available to students deciding where to study
Department
for Education
£22m fund launched to boost construction skills
20 on-site hubs to train more people to help deliver 300,000 new homes a year by the mid-2020s
Multi-million pound investment in state of the art facilities for children with special educational needs
Schools to benefit from an extra £50million to improve facilities and create more good school places for children with special educational needs. The...
Access childcare support through the childcare service
Apply for Tax-Free Childcare and 30 hours free childcare.
Home education: call for evidence and revised DfE guidance
Call for evidence on greater oversight of children whose parents elect to educate them at home, and consultation on revised DfE guidance documents.
Latest
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Nick Gibb: Teachers are taking control of their profession
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- Speech
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Pilot launched to boost early language skills and cut teacher workload
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- News story
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Digital tools for prospective students: apply for funding
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- News story
What we do
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 19 agencies and public bodies.
Documents
Our announcements
Our consultations
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Insolvency regime for further education and sixth-form colleges
- Consultation outcome
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Improving further education workforce data: call for evidence
- Open consultation
Our publications
Our statistics
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30 hours free childcare: summer term 2018
- Official Statistics
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Graduate outcomes (LEO): subject by provider, 2015 to 2016
- 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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Richard Pennycook
Lead 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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Mike Green
Chief 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
- Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request
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