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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.

Our vision is to provide world-class education, training and care for everyone, whatever their background. It will make sure that everyone has the chance to reach their potential, and live a more fulfilled life. It will also create a more productive economy, so that our country is fit for the future.

We are responsible for:
- teaching and learning for children in the early years and in primary schools
- teaching and learning for young people in secondary schools
- teaching, learning and training for young people and adults in apprenticeships, traineeships and further education
- teaching and learning for young people and adults in higher education
- supporting professionals who work with children, young people and adult learners
- helping disadvantaged children and young people to achieve more
- making sure that local services protect and support children

We’ll develop world-class education with the following principles:
- ensure our academic standards match and keep pace with key comparator nations
- strive to bring our technical education standards in line with leading international systems
- ensure that education builds character, resilience and well-being
To be achieved through:
- always remembering that in education and care, by far the most important factor is the people delivering it – so we will strive to recruit, develop and retain the best
- prioritising in all that we do the people and places left behind and the most disadvantaged
- protecting the autonomy of institutions by intervening only where clear boundaries are crossed
- making every pound of our funding count
- Read our single departmental plan to find out more about how we are performing against our objectives.

We are a ministerial department supported by 19 agencies and public bodies and non-ministerial departments.
Our staff are based at our ministerial offices in London and in a number of other locations around England.
We work closely with:
- national and local agencies who look after children
- local authorities professionals who work in schools and further and higher education institutions, children’s services and health services
Role
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Geographical Region
London

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Articles from Department for Education (DfE)

Gavin Williamson has deepest gratitude for the absolutely vital service colleges and further education institutions provide

Over the past week this nation has entered a truly unprecedented phase and as a Government, we have had to take some exceptional steps to deal with the challenge that we are facing. As Education Secretary, taking the decision to close all education institutions and cancel this summer’s exams and assessments was not only enormous, it was incredibly difficult.

Universities Minister letter to vice chancellors

The Universities Minister has written to vice chancellors to set out the latest guidance and advice relevant to higher education. In particular to tell students to stay put if they are still in halls and not to travel, as per the latest travel advice.

Open letter to families with SEND

#CoronavirusLockdown - Today (24 Mar), @VickyFord MP Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families wrote to the #SEND sector and all families and carers of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities to update them on the announcements and guidance issued by the Department over the past week as well as reassure them of the Department’s support at this time.

Letter from Gillian Keegan to non-college stakeholders about new #Coronavirus guidance

@GillianKeegan Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills has written to non-college stakeholders about the measures that the Government has put in place to deal with Covid-19 and includes links to both to some new guidance - wider FE operational guidance as well as the more specific apprenticeship guidance.