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

6. Open as an academy

What actions you should take in the first few months after your school opens as an academy.

3. Set up or join an academy trust

What actions to take following approval of your academy conversion application.

Form: Academy conversion: support grant forms

Forms for eligible schools converting to academies to claim the support grant and to declare what portion of the grant they’ve spent.

5. Prepare to open as an academy

What final preparations you should complete before your school can open as an academy.

Convert to an academy: guide for schools

How maintained schools can apply to convert to academy status.

Speech: Minister Halfon's speech at the Skills Matter Event

Minister Halfon delivers a speech on adult education at the Skills Matter Event.

Research: Use of reasonable force in AP and special schools

How alternative provision (AP) and special schools in England currently use reasonable force, including physical restraint and other restric

Policy paper: Apprenticeship standards achievement rate ambition

A letter from the Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education on current apprenticeship standards achievement rates, and a rep

Decision: Improvement notice issued to Halton Borough Council: March 2024

An improvement notice issued to Halton Borough Council following an Ofsted/CQC inspection in November 2023.

Official Statistics: UK revenue from education related exports and TNE activity 2021

Statistics on the estimated revenue generated by education related exports and transnational education (TNE) activity in 2021.