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View cookies Department for Education Department for Education Schools: statutory guidance Get into teaching School and college performance data Get information about schools Early years and childcare: guidance for providers Featured 16 April 2026 Press release Edtech and AI companies invited to help build safe AI tutoring tools for disadvantaged pupils The government is inviting EdTech companies and AI labs to bid to develop safe, personalised AI tutoring tools designed to improve learning outcomes, particularly for disadvantaged pupils. 12 April 2026 Press release Government scraps high-sugar food from school menus High-sugar and deep-fried food taken off the menu in new plans to overhaul school dinners amid health crisis facing children, helping to tackle obesity. 26 March 2026 Press release New screen time guidance for parents of under-5s Government answers parents’ calls for support on screen time with new evidence-backed guidance. 5 March 2026 Open consultation Proposal on support for pupils with medical conditions at school We are seeking views on updates to guidance to strengthen how schools support pupils with medical conditions and allergies. 10 February 2026 Open consultation Adoption support that works for all We’re seeking views on a more responsive, holistic and evidence-based system of adoption support, including changes to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund. 30 March 2026 Open consultation SEND reform: putting children and young people first Proposed changes to improve outcomes for children and young people with SEND, including early, fair support, with shared accountabilities across local partners. Latest from the Department for Education School land: decisions about the disposal of playing field land 23 April 2026 Transparency data Pupil attendance in schools 23 April 2026 Official statistics announcement Child and family ASYE: programme resources 23 April 2026 Guidance See all latest documents Subscriptions Get emails What we do The Department for Education is responsible for children’s services and education, including early years, schools, higher and further education policy in England. DfE is a ministerial department, supported by 14 agencies and public bodies Read more about what we do The following links open in a new tab Follow on DfE on Facebook (opens in new tab) Follow on DfE on X (formerly Twitter) (opens in new tab) Follow on DfE on Instagram (opens in new tab) Follow on DfE on YouTube (opens in new tab) Follow on Education Hub (opens in new tab) Follow on Newsletter for teachers (opens in new tab) Documents Services Sign in to your childcare account Find an apprenticeship See all services Guidance and regulation Early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework 1 September 2025 Statutory guidance Working together to safeguard children 18 March 2026 Statutory guidance See all guidance and regulation News and communications Secretary of State sets out policy steers to Ofqual 23 April 2026 Correspondence DfE Update 22 April 2026 22 April 2026 Correspondence See all news and communications Research and statistics Pupil attendance in schools 23 April 2026 Official statistics announcement Teacher demand and postgraduate trainee need: 2026 to 2027 23 April 2026 Official Statistics See all research and statistics Policy papers and consultations Post-16 L2 and L3 qualifications: 2027 proposed subject content 23 April 2026 Open consultation School Food Standards: updating the legislative framework 21 April 2026 Open consultation See all policy papers and consultations Transparency and freedom of information releases School land: decisions about the disposal of playing field land 23 April 2026 Transparency data Academies consolidated annual report and accounts: 2023 to 2024 23 April 2026 Corporate report See all transparency and freedom of information releases Our ministers The Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP Secretary of State for Education Minister for Women and Equalities Georgia Gould OBE MP Minister of State (Minister for School Standards) The Rt Hon Baroness Smith of Malvern Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities) Minister of State (Minister for Skills) The Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms MP Minister of State (Minister for Social Security and Disability) Olivia Bailey MP Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Early Education) Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities) Josh MacAlister OBE MP Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Children and Families) Seema Malhotra MP Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities) Our management Susan Acland-Hood Permanent Secretary Dr Tim Coulson Director General, Regions Jane Cunliffe Chief Operating Officer Tony Foot Director General, Strategy Julia Kinniburgh Director General, Schools Sinead O'Sullivan Director General, Skills Gila Sacks Director General, Families Sir Kevan Collins Lead non-executive board member and non-executive board member with responsibility for the Union Sir Peter Bazalgette Non-executive board member Margaret Casely-Hayford CBE Non-executive board member Steve Crocker OBE Non-executive board member Naomi Eisenstadt CB Non-executive board member Rebecca George CBE Non-executive board member Stuart McMinnies Non-executive board member Contact DfE DfE general enquiries Contact: DfE general enquiries Telephone 0370 000 2288 Opening times Monday to Friday: 9am to 5.30pm Closed at weekends and bank holidays DfE data collections helpdesk Contact: DfE data collections helpdesk For queries relating to school data collections or any of the following systems: S2S, ASP, GIAP, GIAS or COLLECT. 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Freedom of information (FOI) requests Department for Education Piccadilly Gate Store Street Manchester M1 2WD United Kingdom FOI contact form Telephone 0370 000 2288 Please note, we receive a large volume of requests asking for lists of contact details for schools, which are available from our 'Get information about schools' service ( High profile groups within DfE Further Education Commissioner Regional Department for Education (DfE) Directors UK Council for Internet Safety Corporate information Our organisation chart Accessible documents policy Complaints procedure Equality and diversity Media enquiries Modern slavery statement Our energy use Our governance Research at DfE Statistics at DfE Jobs and contracts Procurement at DfE Working for DfE 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 Is this page useful? 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