Department for Education (DfE)

Gillian is currently serving as Secretary of State for Education.

The Minister’s responsibilities include:

early years and childcare
children’s social care
teacher quality, recruitment and retention
the school curriculum
school improvement
academies and free schools
further education
apprenticeships and skills
higher education

Department for Education (DfE)

Gillian is currently serving as Secretary of State for Education. The Minister’s responsibilities include: early years and childcare children’s social care teacher quality, recruitment and retention the school curriculum school improvement academies and free schools further education appr

Guidance: Use of free early education entitlements funding during the coronavirus outbreak

How local authorities can use their dedicated schools grant (DSG) funding differently in exceptional circumstances during the coronavirus (C

Guidance: Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance on isolation for residential educational settings

Guidance to support management of children and young people in residential educational settings, including boarding schools, residential spe

Press release: Every pupil in England to see another rise in funding in 2021

The increase comes in the second year of a three-year £14.4bn funding settlement for schools.

Guidance: Guide to national funding formula

How the schools national funding formula (NFF) is used to calculate core funding allocations to mainstream, state-funded schools in England.

Guidance: National funding formula tables for schools and high needs: 2021 to 2022

Tables showing provisional allocations for the schools, high needs and central school services blocks from 2021 to 2022.

Press release: Thousands of places created in new special free schools

Over 3,000 extra school places to be created for pupils with the most complex needs

Guidance: Student number controls

The measures to protect students and universities during the coronavirus outbreak, including temporary student number controls and additiona

Guidance: Coronavirus (COVID-19): reducing burdens on educational and care settings

List of data collections, services or requests which will be cancelled, paused or will continue.

Detailed guide: Equality and diversity fund: for school-led projects

Apply for funding for school-led equality and diversity projects in your region.

Guidance: Higher education: reopening buildings and campuses

Guidance for higher education providers in England on when and how to reopen their campuses and buildings.