Department for Education

@educationgovuk · UK · joined 12 May 2010

We're the department for opportunity, mission-driven to break the link between background & success by delivering higher standards of education, training & care

443 807Followers

1 578Following

37 496Posts total

500.6KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views14 565this account19 302median for 100K–1M

Reach, %3.28%this account6.12%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.25%this account1.16%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	14 565	19 302	0.75×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	3.28%	6.12%	0.54×
Engagement rate	0.25%	1.16%	0.21×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

10.4K14 Aug

251.2K18 Aug

14.6K20 Aug

216.8K26 Aug

7.6K1 Sep

Last 5 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.25%14 Aug

0.10%18 Aug

0.48%20 Aug

0.94%26 Aug

0.20%1 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.16%.

What the audience does

Likes80.4%2 053 in total

Reposts7.6%194 in total

Replies3.7%94 in total

Quotes2.8%71 in total

Bookmarks5.6%143 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

Ticking off the back to school checklist 🤝 saving up to £1,200. Find out more ➡️ https://t.co/mxcbi2SojG https://t.co/a2gKNH9cr6 7.6K views · 9 likes · 1 reposts · 3 replies 01 Sep 2026 Dolly Parton at the Department for Education in 2008. She had to be smuggled in through the backdoor to avoid detection. Dolly's Imagination Library has put millions of books into children's hands and sparked a lifelong love of reading among young people around the globe. An h 216.8K views · 1.9K likes · 154 reposts · 24 replies 26 Aug 2026 It’s a big day for young people across the country, including @LucyMPowell's daughter, who gets her GCSE results today. You should all be proud of the hard work that’s gone in to get to this point. But if your results haven’t gone the way you hoped, remember there’s no single 14.6K views · 32 likes · 5 reposts · 28 replies 20 Aug 2026 GCSE grades explained 👇 Wondering how grades 9–1 compare to the old A*–G system? Here's a quick guide to help make sense of the current grading system. Save it now so you've got it to hand on Results Day. #GCSEResults #ResultsDay https://t.co/i6FbnCcgRR 251.2K views · 142 likes · 31 reposts · 31 replies 18 Aug 2026 This results day was a landmark moment for technical education, with the number of T Level pupils hitting a record high. @Georgia_Gould explains what it is that makes the qualification 'come alive' for students. Find out more: https://t.co/i4jceqDmsl https://t.co/At4eAYUdXy 10.4K views · 15 likes · 3 reposts · 8 replies 14 Aug 2026