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Secretary of State for Education
Member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom
Member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| post | Secretary of State for Education |
| insignia | Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (2022, lesser arms).svg |
| insigniacaption | Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government |
| department | Department for Education (England) |
| image | File:Bridget Phillipson Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024 (cropped).jpg |
| incumbent | Bridget Phillipson |
| incumbentsince | 5 July 2024 |
| style | |
| type | Minister of the Crown |
| status | Secretary of State |
| member_of | |
| reports_to | The Prime Minister |
| seat | Westminster |
| nominator | The Prime Minister |
| appointer | The Monarch |
| appointer_qualified | (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
| termlength | At His Majesty's Pleasure |
| formation | |
| salary | £159,038 per annum (2022) |
| (including £86,584 MP salary) | |
| first | William Cowper-Temple (as Vice-President of the Committee of the Council on Education) |
| deputy | Minister of State for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education |
| website |
(including £86,584 MP salary)
The secretary of state for education, also referred to as the education secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for the work of the Department for Education, mainly overseeing education in England. The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. As education is fully devolved to the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive, the post holder has no jurisdiction or influence in education policy or direction in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.
The office holder works alongside the other Education ministers. The corresponding shadow minister is the shadow secretary of state for education, and the work of the secretary of state is also scrutinised by the Education Select Committee.
The current education secretary is Bridget Phillipson.
Responsibilities
Corresponding to what is generally known as an education minister in many other countries, the education secretary's remit is concerned primarily with England. This includes:
- Early years
- Children's social care
- Teacher recruitment and retention
- The national curriculum
- School improvement
- Academies and free schools
- Further education
- Apprenticeships and skills
- Higher education
- Oversight of the departmental coronavirus (COVID-19) response
- Oversight of school infrastructure improvement
History
A committee of the Privy Council was appointed in 1839 to supervise the distribution of certain government grants in the education field. The members of the committee were the Lord President of the Council, the Secretaries of State, the First Lord of the Treasury, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. From 1857 a vice-president was appointed who took responsibility for policy.
On 1 April 1900, the Board of Education Act 1899 abolished the committee and instituted a new board, headed by a president. The members were initially very similar to the old committee and the president of the board was the Lord President of the council; however, from 1902 this ceased to be the case and the president of the board was appointed separately (although the Marquess of Londonderry happened to hold both jobs from 1903 to 1905).
The Education Act 1944 replaced the Board of Education with a new Ministry of Education.
The position of Secretary of State for Education and Science was created in 1964 with the merger of the offices of Minister of Education and the Minister for Science. The postholder oversaw the Department of Education and Science.
From June 1970 to March 1974, this post was held by future prime minister Margaret Thatcher.
In 1992, the responsibility for science was transferred to the Cabinet Office as the Office of Science and Technology, and the department was renamed Department of Education. In 1995 the department merged with the Department of Employment to become the Department for Education and Employment (DfEE) and in 2001 the employment functions were transferred to a newly created Department for Work and Pensions, with the DfEE becoming the Department for Education and Skills (DfES). In 2007 under Gordon Brown's new premiership, the DfES was split into two new departments; the Department for Children, Schools and Families, and a Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, under two new secretaries of state.
The ministerial office of the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills was, in late 2009, amalgamated into the new ministerial office of Peter Mandelson, as the newly created Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills – itself an amalgamation of the responsibilities of the Secretaries of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and Innovation, Universities and Skills. The Secretary of State has remit over higher education policy as well as British business and enterprise.
From 14 July 2016 to 8 January 2018 the post was held by Justine Greening, as her predecessor, Nicky Morgan, was sacked by Theresa May. Greening resigned after rejecting a reshuffle to the Department for Work and Pensions.
On 7 July 2022, Michelle Donelan became the shortest-serving cabinet member in British history, when she resigned as Education Secretary 35 hours after being appointed.
List of office holders
Vice-President of the Committee of the Council on Education (1857–1902)
Colour key (for political parties):
| Vice-President of the Committee | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig (British political party)}}" | [[File:William Cowper-Temple, Lock & Whitfield woodburytype, 1876-85.jpg | 60px]] | William Cowper | 5 February 1857 | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Charles Bowyer Adderley, Lord Norton.jpg | 60px]] | Charles Adderley | 12 March 1858 | |
| Liberal Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke by George Frederic Watts.jpg | 60px]] | Robert Lowe | 24 June 1859 | |
| Liberal Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare NPG.jpg | 60px]] | Henry Bruce | 26 April 1864 | |
| Liberal Party (UK)}}" | John Russell, 1st Earl Russell | ||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Henry Lowry-Corry.jpg | 60px]] | Henry Lowry-Corry | 26 June 1866 | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Lord Robert Montagu, Silvy.jpg | 60px]] | Lord Robert Montagu | 19 March 1867 | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Benjamin Disraeli | ||||
| Liberal Party (UK)}}" | [[File:William Edward Forster by Henry Tanworth Wells.jpg | 60px]] | William Edward Forster | 9 December 1868 | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:DFS Ryder 3rd Earl of Harrowby, Lock & Whitfield.jpg | 60px]] | Dudley Ryder, Viscount Sandon | 2 March 1874 | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Lord George Hamilton.JPG | 60px]] | Lord George Hamilton | 4 April 1878 | |
| Liberal Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Anthony Mundella.JPG | 60px]] | A. J. Mundella | 3 May 1880 | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Edward Stanhope.jpg | 60px]] | Edward Stanhope | 24 June 1885 | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Knutsford1.JPG | 60px]] | Henry Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford | 17 September 1885 | |
| Liberal Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Lyon Playfair.jpg | 60px]] | Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair | 13 February 1886 | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Knutsford1.JPG | 60px]] | Henry Holland | 3 August 1886 | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:William Hart Dyke by George W Baldry.jpg | 60px]] | William Hart Dyke | 25 January 1887 | |
| Liberal Party (UK)}}" | [[File:AHD Acland.png | 60px]] | Arthur Dyke Acland | 25 August 1892 | |
| Liberal Party (UK)}}" | Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery | ||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:John Eldon Gorst.jpg | 60px]] | John Eldon Gorst | 4 July 1895 |
President of the Board of Education (1900–1944)
Colour key (for political parties):
| President of the Board | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Unionist Party}}" | [[File:Picture of Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire.jpg | 60px]] | Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire | ||
| (also Lord President of the Council) | 3 March 1900 | ||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Lord Londonderry, 6th Marquess.jpg | 60px]] | Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry | ||
| (also Lord President of the Council) | 11 August 1902 | ||||
| Liberal Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Augustine Birrell.jpg | 60px]] | Augustine Birrell | 10 December 1905 | |
| Liberal Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Reginald McKenna photo.jpg | 60px]] | Reginald McKenna | 23 January 1907 | |
| Liberal Party (UK)}}" | [[File:1905 Walter Runciman.jpg | 60px]] | Walter Runciman | 12 April 1908 | |
| Liberal Party (UK)}}" | [[File:1910 Jack Pease.jpg | 60px]] | Jack Pease | 23 October 1911 | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | [[File:1910 Arthur Henderson.jpg | 60px]] | Arthur Henderson | 25 May 1915 | |
| Liberal Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Portrait of Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe.jpg | 60px]] | Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe | 18 August 1916 | |
| Liberal Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Herbert Fisher.jpg | 60px]] | Herbert Fisher | 10 December 1916 | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:1st Earl of Halifax 1947.jpg | 60px]] | Edward Wood | 24 October 1922 | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Stanley Baldwin | ||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | [[File:1922 Charles Trevelyan.jpg | 60px]] | Charles Trevelyan | 22 January 1924 | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Portrait of Lord Eustace Percy.jpg | 60px]] | Eustace Percy, 1st Baron Percy of Newcastle | 6 November 1924 | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | [[File:1922 Charles Trevelyan.jpg | 60px]] | Charles Trevelyan | 7 June 1929 | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Blank.png | 60px]] | Hastings Lees-Smith | 2 March 1931 | |
| Liberal Party (UK)}}" | [[File:1916 Sir Donald Maclean.jpg | 60px]] | Donald Maclean | 25 August 1931 | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:1st Earl of Halifax 1947.jpg | 60px]] | Edward Wood, 1st Baron Irwin | ||
| (Viscount Halifax from 1934) | 15 June 1932 | ||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Oliver Stanley.png | 60px]] | Oliver Stanley | 7 June 1935 | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Stanhope7.JPG | 60px]] | James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope | 28 May 1937 | |
| National Labour Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Lord De La warr.jpg | 60px]] | Herbrand Sackville, 9th Earl De La Warr | 27 October 1938 | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury.jpg | 60px]] | Herwald Ramsbotham | 3 April 1940 | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Richard-Austen-Rab-Butler-1st-Baron-Butler-of-Saffron-Walden.jpg | 60px]] | R. A. Butler | 20 July 1941 |
Minister of Education (1944–1964)
Colour key (for political parties):
| Minister | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Richard-Austen-Rab-Butler-1st-Baron-Butler-of-Saffron-Walden.jpg | 60px]] | R. A. Butler | 10 August 1944 | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Lord Coleraine.jpg | 60px]] | Richard Law | 25 May 1945 | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Ellen Cicely Wilkinson.jpg | 60px]] | Ellen Wilkinson | 3 August 1945 | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Blank.png | 60px]] | George Tomlinson | 10 February 1947 | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Flo horsbrugh.jpg | 60px]] | Florence Horsbrugh | 2 November 1951 | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:David Eccles crop.jpg | 60px]] | David Eccles | 18 October 1954 | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Anthony Eden | ||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham Allan Warren.jpg | 60px]] | Quintin Hogg | 13 January 1957 | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Blank.png | 60px]] | Geoffrey Lloyd | 17 September 1957 | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:David Eccles crop.jpg | 60px]] | David Eccles | 14 October 1959 | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" | [[File:Blank.png | 60px]] | Edward Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth | 13 July 1962 | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-top:solid 0 gray" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Alec Douglas-Home |
Secretary of State for Education and Science (1964–1992)
Colour key (for political parties):
| Secretary of State | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Lord Hailsham 1959.jpg | 60px]] | Quintin Hogg | ||
| (formerly Viscount Hailsham) | 1 April 1964 | ||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Michael Stewart.jpg | 60px]] | Michael Stewart | 18 October 1964 | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Charles-Anthony-Raven-Crosland (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | Anthony Crosland | 22 January 1965 | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Member of Parliament of Great Britain, Patrick Gordon Walker.jpg | 60px]] | Patrick Gordon Walker | 29 August 1967 | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Blank.png | 60px]] | Edward Short | 6 April 1968 | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Thatcher-loc.jpg | 60px]] | Margaret Thatcher | 20 June 1970 | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Blank.png | 60px]] | Reginald Prentice | 5 March 1974 | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" | [[File:Fred Mulley.PNG | 60px]] | Fred Mulley | 10 June 1975 | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}; border-top:solid 0 gray" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | James Callaghan | |||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Shirley Williams, 1984.jpg | 60px]] | Shirley Williams | 10 September 1976 | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Blank.png | 60px]] | Mark Carlisle | 5 May 1979 | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Sir Keith Joseph visits Llangefni and Caernarfon (1469270) Crop (cropped).jpg | 80x80px]] | Keith Joseph | 14 September 1981 | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Official portrait of Lord Baker of Dorking crop 2.jpg | 60px]] | Kenneth Baker | 21 May 1986 | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:official portrait of Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market crop 2.jpg | 60px]] | John MacGregor | 24 July 1989 | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" | [[File:Kenneth Clarke (cropped).gif | 80x80px]] | Kenneth Clarke | 2 November 1990 | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-top:solid 0 gray" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | John Major |
Secretary of State for Education (1992–1995)
Colour key (for political parties):
| Secretary of State | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Blank.png | 60px]] | John Patten | 10 April 1992 | ||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Gillian Shephard official portrait (cropped).jpg | 80x80px]] | url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/132/career | title=Baroness Shephard of Northwold | work=UK Parliament | access-date=11 August 2021}} | 20 July 1994 |
Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1995–2001)
Colour key (for political parties):
| Secretary of State | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Gillian Shephard official portrait (cropped).jpg | 80x80px]] | Gillian Shephard | 5 July 1995 | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | [[File:David Blunkett DfEE.jpg | 76x76px]] | David Blunkett | 1 May 1997 |
Secretary of State for Education and Skills (2001–2007)
Colour key (for political parties):
| Secretary of State | Term of office | Party | Prime Minister | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Estelle Morris DfES (cropped).png | 80x80px]] | Estelle Morris | 8 June 2001 | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Charles Clarke - 140861407 (cropped).jpg | 79x79px]] | Charles Clarke | 24 October 2002 | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Ruth Kelly official portrait.jpg | 78x78px]] | Ruth Kelly | 15 December 2004 | |
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Alan Johnson -9Oct2007-2.jpg | 60px]] | Alan Johnson | 5 May 2006 |
Secretaries of State for Children, Schools and Families (2007–2010); and Innovation, Universities and Skills (2007–2009)
In 2007, the education portfolio was divided between the Department for Children, Schools and Families (responsible for infant, primary and secondary education) and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (responsible for further, higher and adult education). In 2009, the latter department was merged into the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
Main article: Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Main article: Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Secretary of State for Education (2010–present)
The Department for Education and the post of Secretary of State for Education were recreated in 2010.
Responsibility for higher and adult education remained with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (Vince Cable 2010–2015, Sajid Javid 2015–2016), until reunited with the Department for Education in 2016.
Colour key (for political parties):
| Secretary of State | Term of office | Length of term | Party | Prime Minister | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Michael Gove Minister.jpg | 64px]] | Michael Gove | ||||
| (tenure) | 12 May 2010 | 15 July 2014 | |||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" | [[File:Nicky Morgan, Secretary of State for Education, delivering a speech at Policy Exchange (22745123405) (cropped).jpg | 85x85px]] | Nicky Morgan | 15 July 2014 | 13 July 2016 | ||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-top:solid 0 gray" | David Cameron | ||||||
| (II) | |||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" | [[File:Official portrait of Justine Greening crop 2.jpg | 86x86px]] | Justine Greening | 14 July 2016 | 8 January 2018 | ||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-top:solid 0 gray" | Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-top:solid 0 gray" | Theresa May | |||||
| (II) | |||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Damian Hinds Official Portrait 2018 (cropped).jpg | 85x85px]] | Damian Hinds | 8 January 2018 | 24 July 2019 | ||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Gavin Williamson MP crop 2.jpg | 86x86px]] | Gavin Williamson | 24 July 2019 | 15 September 2021 | ||
| Boris Johnson | |||||||
| (II) | |||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Nadhim Zahawi Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2021 (cropped).jpg | 85x85px]] | Nadhim Zahawi | 15 September 2021 | 5 July 2022 | ||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Michelle Donelan Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2022 (cropped).jpg | 85x85px]] | Michelle Donelan | 5 July 2022 | 7 July 2022 | ||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:James Cleverly Portrait July 2022 (cropped).jpg | 85x85px]] | James Cleverly | 7 July 2022 | 6 September 2022 | ||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Kit Malthouse Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2022 (cropped).jpg | alt=A white man with brown hair and a blue suit | 85x85px]] | Kit Malthouse | 6 September 2022 | 25 October 2022 | |
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Gillian Keegan Official Cabinet Portrait, October 2022 (cropped).jpg | 85x85px]] | Gillian Keegan | 25 October 2022 | 5 July 2024 | ||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Bridget Phillipson Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024 (cropped) 2.jpg | 85x85px]] | Bridget Phillipson | 5 July 2024 | Incumbent |
- Incumbent's length of term last updated: .
Timeline of education secretaries
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