The Minister of State for Schools, formerly the Minister of State for School Standards and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for School Standards, is a mid-level position in the

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in the

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. The current minister is

Nick Gibb Nicolas John Gibb (born 3 September 1960) is a British politician serving as Minister of State for Schools since October 2022, having previously held the office from 2010 to 2012 and again from 2015 to 2021. He has served at the Department for E ...

History

In the Major ministries, the role was known as Minister of State for Education and Science and Minister of State for Education. In the

Brown ministry Gordon Brown formed the Brown ministry after being invited by Queen Elizabeth II to form a new administration following the resignation of the previous Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair, on 27 June 2007. Brown formed his governm ...

(2007 to 2010), the Minister of State for Schools and Learning worked at the

Department for Children, Schools and Families Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) was a department of the UK government, between 2007 and 2010, responsible for issues affecting people in England up to the age of 19, including child protection and education. DCSF was replac ...

. In the Cameron ministries, the role was known as Minster of State for Schools.

Responsibilities

The minister is responsible for the following: * recruitment and retention of teachers and school leaders (including initial teacher training, qualifications and professional development) * supporting a high-quality teaching profession and reducing teacher workload * Teaching Regulation Agency * admissions and school transport * school revenue funding, including the national funding formula for schools * curriculum and qualifications (including links with

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) * Standards and Testing Agency and primary assessment * school accountability and inspection (including links with Ofsted) * support for raising school standards * school sport *

pupil premium The pupil premium is a grant given by the government to schools in England to decrease the attainment gap for the most disadvantaged children, whether by income or by family upheaval. For each pupil who is eligible for free school meals, or has clai ...

* relationships, sex, and health education; and personal, social, health and economic education * behaviour and attendance and exclusions * early education curriculum and teaching quality * coronavirus (

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) response for schools

List of Ministers

References

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