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Media enquiries
Contact information for the Department for Education's media team.
DfE media team
Journalists should call our central newsdesk on 020 7783 8300. This media-only line operates from Monday to Friday, 8am to 7pm. Outside of these hours the number will divert to the duty media officer.
Members of the public should call our general enquiries line on 0370 000 2288.
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DfE media contacts
Director
Gemmaine Walsh
Telephone: 020 7783 8300
Deputy Director, Corporate Communications
Suzy Jenner
Telephone: 020 7783 8300
Deputy Director, News and Corporate Communications
James Cox
Telephone: 020 7654 6294
Deputy Director, Media
Hannah Fletcher
Telephone: 020 7783 8718
Newsdesk
Chief Media Officer
Jessica Gearey
Telephone: 020 7783 8300
Senior Media Officer
Eleanor Dwyer
Telephone: 020 7783 8300
Media Officers
Steven Bourner
Juliet Kirk
Michael Murphy-Pyle
Rebecca Tyers
Jessica Ware
Telephone: 020 7783 8300
Schools and education policy
Chief Media Officer
Sam Eversden
Telephone: 020 7783 8352
Senior Media Officers
Eva Perkins
Telephone: 020 7783 8119
Jayne Roberts
Telephone: 020 7340 7926
Media Officers
Jacob Cotterill
Telephone: 020 7654 6085
Nazia Dewji
Telephone: 020 7227 5173
Miranda McHugh
Telephone: 020 7783 8033
Children and families policy
Chief Media Officer
Jade Howard
Telephone: 020 7340 7488
Senior Media Officer
Charlotte Corsan
Telephone: 020 7340 7794
Media Officers
Kitty Dann
Telephone: 020 7340 7190
Sophie Hood
Telephone: 020 7783 8292
Amy Taylor
Telephone: 020 7340 7691
Government Equalities Office
Chief Media Officer
Jade Howard
Telephone: 020 7340 7488
Senior Media Officer
Francesca Moreda
Telephone: 020 7654 6157
Media Officer
Candida Lathbridge
Telephone: 020 7783 8134
Pippa Kent
Telephone: 020 7227 5132
Post-16 and skills policy
Chief Media Officer
Jonathan Street
Telephone: 020 7654 6084
Senior Media Officer
Helen McGill
Telephone: 020 7340 7291
Media Officers
Gemma Goodman
Telephone: 020 7227 5169
Michael Greenland
Telephone: 020 7340 8391
Nicola O’Neill
Telephone: 020 7340 8093
Media planning
Senior Media Planner
Sima Parmar
Telephone: 020 7227 5181
Business Manager
Chantelle Gawler
Executive agencies
DfE’s media team handles media enquiries on behalf of our executive agencies:
- Education & Skills Funding Agency (ESFA)
- National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL)
- Standards and Testing Agency (STA)
Non-departmental public bodies
If you have a specific enquiry about a policy that is managed by a non-departmental public body, you should contact the relevant body’s press office.