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Campaign Find school holiday clubs Search for school holiday schemes in your area. They can be run by a school, or a private or voluntary organisation. Latest from the Department for Education Check ILR reports for possible data errors in your return 17 August 2026 Guidance 16 to 19 funding: in-year growth for 2026 to 2027 17 August 2026 Guidance Individuals prohibited from managing or governing schools 17 August 2026 Collection 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 13 agencies and public bodies. Read more about what we do Follow us 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 17 July 2026 Statutory guidance Keeping children safe in education 7 July 2026 Statutory guidance See all guidance and regulation News and communications Number of T Level pupils hits record high as maths A Levels rise 13 August 2026 Press release Notice to improve: Nettleham Infant and Nursery School 10 August 2026 Correspondence See all news and communications Research and statistics Higher-level learners in England: 2024 to 2025 13 August 2026 Official statistics announcement Key stage 2 attainment (provisional): 2026 13 August 2026 National statistics announcement See all research and statistics Policy papers and consultations British Sign Language (BSL) 5-year plan: Department for Education 13 August 2026 Policy paper Teachers’ Pension Scheme regulations: 2027 proposed amendments 7 August 2026 Open consultation See all policy papers and consultations Transparency and freedom of information releases Free schools and UTCs: successful applications 14 August 2026 Transparency data New school proposals 11 August 2026 Transparency data See all transparency and freedom of information releases Our ministers The Rt Hon Lucy Powell MP Secretary of State for Education Georgia Gould OBE MP Minister of State (Minister for School Standards) The Rt Hon Baroness Smith of Malvern Minister of State (Minister for Skills) Josh MacAlister OBE MP Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Children and Families) Paul Waugh MP Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Early Education) Our management Susan Acland-Hood Permanent Secretary Tony Foot Chief Operating Officer Dr Tim Coulson Director General, Regions Julia Kinniburgh Director General, Schools Ian Knowles Director General, Digital and Infrastructure 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. Preventing extremism in education settings Email [email protected] Contact: Preventing extremism in education settings Telephone 020 7340 7264 Opening times Monday to Friday: 11am to 3pm (excluding bank holidays) You can report concerns about extremism related to education settings in England, including allegations about institutions, staff and external people or organisations trying to influence settings. DfE media enquiries Central newsdesk 0203 371 4832 Enquiry line for journalists only. Opening times: Monday to Friday: 8am to 7pm Outside of these hours, the number will divert to the duty media officer Make a Freedom of Information (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 using the details below. 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 (https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/) 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. 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