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

Speech: Education Secretary's statement on coronavirus (COVID-19): 19 June 2020

Education Secretary on the Government’s £1 billion Covid catch-up plan to tackle impact of lost teaching time

News story: Thousands of children to benefit from free meals and activities

Thousands of children in England to benefit from free meals and activities during summer 2020

Notice: Privacy notice: international teacher recruitment programmes

Information on how we collect and use your personal data as part of our international recruitment programmes.

2. Apply to become an academy

Links to the apply to become an academy service for mainstream schools, the application process for special schools and PRUs, and informatio

Form: Apply to become an academy

Application processes for mainstream and special schools applying to convert to academy status.

Correspondence: Adult education budget: S31 grant determination letters 2020 to 2021

Letters to Mayoral Combined Authorities and the Greater London Authority setting out adult education budget (AEB) grant payments for 2020 to

Press release: Billion pound Covid catch-up plan to tackle impact of lost teaching time

New measures to help primary and secondary pupils catch up

Guidance: Extended powers SEND tribunal: national trial

Guidance for local authorities, health commissioners, parents and young people on a 2-year trial to extend powers of the SEND Tribunal.

Guidance: Supporting children and young people with SEND as schools and colleges prepare for wider opening

Guidance for settings managing children and young people with complex special educational needs and disability (SEND) during the coronavirus

Policy paper: Statutory notice to the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education

A letter from the government to the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) regarding level 8 apprenticeships.