UK minister of state
The role of Minister of State for School Standards,[1] formerly Minister of State for Schools[2] is a mid-level position in the Department for Education in the British government.
The current minister is Catherine McKinnell.[3]
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 (2007 to 2010), the position of Minister of State for Schools and Learning worked at the Department for Children, Schools and Families.
In the Cameron ministries, the role was known as Minister of State for Schools.
Under Liz Truss's tenure, the role was demoted to a parliamentary under-secretary position known as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for School Standards.[4][5]
Responsibilities
The minister is responsible for the following:[6]
- 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 Ofqual)
- Standards and Testing Agency and primary assessment
- school accountability and inspection (including links with Ofsted)
- support for raising school standards
- school sport
- pupil premium
- relationships, sex, and health education; and personal, social, health and economic education
- behaviour and attendance and exclusions
- early education curriculum and teaching quality
- coronavirus (COVID-19) response for schools
List of ministers
References
- ^ "Minister of State (Minister for School Standards) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ^ "Minister of State (Minister of State for Schools) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ "Catherin McKinnell MP". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ^ "Profile: Robin Walker, Minister for School Standards". schoolsweek.co.uk. 2021-11-05. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
- ^ "Schools minister rebuffs calls to decolonise English curriculum". The Guardian. 2021-07-21. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
- ^ "Minister of State for School Standards - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
