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: Funding: initial teacher training (ITT)

Funding guidance for schools and ITT providers including bursaries, scholarships and salaried route grants.

Press release: £196 million to support new trainee teachers

Teacher recruitment will see a huge boost this academic year with £196 million to attract more teachers across key subjects.

Guidance: Early years foundation stage profile handbook

Guidance on completing the early years foundation stage (EYFS) profile assessment in the 2023 to 2024 academic year.

Guidance: Exemptions from the EYFS for providers and individual children

What early years settings must do to apply for an exemption from the early years foundation stage (EYFS).

Press release: First ever hackathon in education to explore AI

Hackathon to test how artificial intelligence could reduce workloads and drive up standards.

Correspondence: DfE Permanent Secretary NFF letter to the Education Select Committee

DfE Permanent Secretary Susan Acland-Hood writes to Robin Walker MP Chair of the ESC about an update to the national funding formula (NFF) f

Requirements for managing asbestos and who this guidance is for

Overview of the requirements for the effective management of asbestos materials within schools and colleges and who this guidance applies to

What to do if things go wrong

What you must do if something goes wrong and you find that there has been, or may have been, an unplanned disturbance of asbestos at the sch

Day-to-day management of asbestos in schools or colleges

Steps to take to meet the core requirements for day-to-day asbestos management in your school or college.

Guidance: Strengthening chess in primary schools

Explains how primary schools can apply for funding to increase access to chess for pupils.