Department for Education and Skills (United Kingdom)

This is a page for the United Kingdom Department for Education and Skills. For the Western Australian Department of Fire and Emergency Services, please follow this link: DFES

The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) was a United Kingdom government department between 2001 and 2007, responsible for the education system and children's services in England. On 28 June 2007 Gordon Brown's government split it into the Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills. In 2010, when the Conservative/Lib Dem Coalition Government took control, Michael Gove became Secretary of State for Education. His department was the Department for Education.

DfES worked under the Secretary of State for Education and Skills. Its main remit could be summed up as schools and adult learning, with sections dealing with linked areas such as child welfare.

DfES had four main locations: London (Sanctuary Buildings and Caxton House, both close to Westminster Abbey), Sheffield (Moorfoot), Darlington (Mowden Hall), and Runcorn (Castle View House), and also regional Government Offices.