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Secretary of State for Education#History

{{short description|Member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom}}{{About|2=the public office in Spain|3=Secretary of State for Education (Spain)|4=other uses|5=Education Secretary (disambiguation)}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox official post

| post = {{small|United Kingdom}}
Secretary of State for Education

| insignia = Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (2022, lesser arms).svg

| insigniacaption = Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government

| department = Department for Education

| image = File:Bridget Phillipson Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024 (cropped).jpg

| incumbent = Bridget Phillipson

| incumbentsince = 5 July 2024

| style = Education Secretary
{{small|(informal)}}
The Right Honourable
{{small|(within the UK and Commonwealth)}}

| type = Minister of the Crown

| status = Secretary of State

| member_of = {{ubl|Cabinet|Privy Council}}

| reports_to = The Prime Minister

| seat = Westminster

| nominator = The Prime Minister

| appointer = The Monarch

| appointer_qualified = {{small|(on the advice of the Prime Minister)}}

| termlength = At His Majesty's Pleasure

| formation = * 5 February 1857
{{small|(as Vice-President of the Committee of the Council on Education)}}

  • 12 May 2010:
    {{small|(as Secretary of State for Education)}}

| salary = £159,038 per annum {{small|(2022)}}{{Cite web |title=Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23 |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1124173/2022-12-07-Ministerial-Salaries-22-23-table.pdf |date=15 December 2022}}
(including £86,584 MP salary){{Cite web |title=Pay and expenses for MPs |url=https://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/members/pay-mps/ |access-date=15 December 2022 |website=parliament.uk}}

| first = William Cowper-Temple
{{small|(as Vice-President of the Committee of the Council on Education)}}

| deputy =

| website = {{URL|https://gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education}}

}}

{{PoliticsUK}}

The secretary of state for education, also referred to as the education secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for the work of the Department for Education.{{Cite web|title=Secretary of State for Education|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/secretary-of-state-for-education|access-date=30 June 2021|publisher=gov.uk}} The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. As education is fully devolved to the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive, the post holder has no jurisdiction or influence in education policy or direction in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.{{cite web |title=Moving to a Devolved Administration < RAF Families Federation |url=https://www.raf-ff.org.uk/education/devolved-administrations/ |website=RAF Families Federation |access-date=30 January 2025}} Therefore, the Cabinet Secretary for Education legislates on education matters only in England.

The office holder works alongside the other Education ministers. The corresponding shadow minister is the shadow secretary of state for education, and the work of the secretary of state is also scrutinised by the Education Select Committee.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hbbrv |title=Work of the Education Secretary Committee |work=BBC PARLIAMENT |date=30 April 2012 |access-date=21 February 2022 |quote=Recorded coverage of the Education select committee on the work of the Secretary of State with Education Secretary Michael Gove}}

The current education secretary is Bridget Phillipson.

Responsibilities

Corresponding to what is generally known as an education minister in many other countries, the education secretary's remit is concerned primarily with England. This includes:

  • Early years
  • Children's social care
  • Teacher recruitment and retention
  • The national curriculum
  • School improvement
  • Academies and free schools
  • Further education
  • Apprenticeships and skills
  • Higher education
  • Oversight of the departmental coronavirus (COVID-19) response
  • Oversight of school infrastructure improvement{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/secretary-of-state-for-education|title=Secretary of State for Education – GOV.UK|publisher=gov.uk}}

History

A committee of the Privy Council was appointed in 1839 to supervise the distribution of certain government grants in the education field.{{cite web |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C101 |title=Records created or inherited by the Department of Education and Science, and of related bodies |work=The National Archives |access-date=26 March 2021}} The members of the committee were the Lord President of the Council, the Secretaries of State, the First Lord of the Treasury, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. From 1857 a vice-president was appointed who took responsibility for policy.

On 1 April 1900, the Board of Education Act 1899 abolished the committee and instituted a new board, headed by a president. The members were initially very similar to the old committee and the president of the board was the Lord President of the council; however, from 1902 this ceased to be the case and the president of the board was appointed separately (although the Marquess of Londonderry happened to hold both jobs from 1903 to 1905).

The Education Act 1944 replaced the Board of Education with a new Ministry of Education.

The position of Secretary of State for Education and Science was created in 1964 with the merger of the offices of Minister of Education and the Minister of Science. The postholder oversaw the Department of Education and Science.

From June 1970 to March 1974, this post was held by future prime minister Margaret Thatcher.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/nov/21/is-gavin-williamson-the-worst-education-secretary-ever|website=The Guardian|quote=Margaret Thatcher, the only education secretary so far who went on to become prime minister|title=Is Gavin Williamson the worst education secretary ever?|first=Peter|last=Wilby|year=2020|authorlink=Peter Wilby|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223091254/https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/nov/21/is-gavin-williamson-the-worst-education-secretary-ever|archivedate=2021-02-23}}

In 1992, the responsibility for science was transferred to Cabinet Office's Office of Public Service, and the department was renamed Department of Education. In 1995 the department merged with the Department of Employment to become the Department for Education and Employment (DfEE) and in 2001 the employment functions were transferred to a newly created Department for Work and Pensions, with the DfEE becoming the Department for Education and Skills (DfES). In 2007 under Gordon Brown's new premiership, the DfES was split into two new departments; the Department for Children, Schools and Families, and a Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, under two new secretaries of state.

The ministerial office of the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills was, in late 2009, amalgamated into the new ministerial office of the resurgent politician Peter Mandelson, made a peer and given the title Lord Mandelson as the newly created Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills – itself an amalgamation of the responsibilities of the Secretaries of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and Innovation, Universities and Skills. The Secretary of State has remit over higher education policy as well as British business and enterprise.

From 14 July 2016 to 8 January 2018 the post was held by Justine Greening, as her predecessor, Nicky Morgan, was sacked by Theresa May. Greening resigned after rejecting a reshuffle to the Department for Work and Pensions.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-politics-42602570?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=5a53ca5be4b0ebf516d9dbfb&Justine%20Greening%20quits%20government&&ns_fee=0#post_5a53ca5be4b0ebf516d9dbfb|title=Reshuffle: Greening quits government|publisher=BBC News|access-date=2018-01-08|language=en-GB}}

On 7 July 2022, Michelle Donelan became the shortest-serving cabinet member in British history, when she resigned as Education Secretary 35 hours after being appointed.{{cite news |last1=Gutteridge |first1=Nick |title=Minister who quit after 35 hours is in line for £17,000 payout |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/07/240000-payout-ministers-who-quit-axed-boris-johnson-coup/ |access-date=21 July 2022 |work=The Telegraph |date=7 July 2022}}

List of office holders

=Vice-President of the Committee of the Council on Education (1857–1902)=

Colour key (for political parties):

{{Legend2|{{Party color|Whig (British political party)}}|Whig|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{Legend2|{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|Conservative|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{Legend2|{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}|Liberal|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

class="wikitable"

! colspan=3 | Vice-President of the Committee

! colspan=2 | Term of office

! Party

! colspan=2 | Prime Minister

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whig (British political party)}}" |

| 60px

| William Cowper

| 5 February 1857

| 21 February 1858

| Whig

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Whig (British political party)}}" |

| Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Charles Adderley

| 12 March 1858

| 11 June 1859

| Conservative

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Robert Lowe

| 24 June 1859

| 26 April 1864
(resigned)

| Liberal

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"|

| rowspan=2 | Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

style="height:1em"

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | 60px

| rowspan=2 | Henry Bruce

| rowspan=2 | 26 April 1864

| rowspan=2 | 26 June 1866

| rowspan=2 | Liberal

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}; border-top:solid 0 gray" |

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| John Russell, 1st Earl Russell

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Henry Lowry-Corry

| 26 June 1866

| 19 March 1867

| Conservative

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" |

| rowspan=2 | Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby

style="height:1em"

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | 60px

| rowspan=2 | Lord Robert Montagu

| rowspan=2 | 19 March 1867

| rowspan=2 | 1 December 1868

| rowspan=2 | Conservative

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-top:solid 0 gray" |

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Benjamin Disraeli

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| William Edward Forster

| 9 December 1868

| 17 February 1874

| Liberal

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| William Ewart Gladstone

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Viscount Sandon

| 2 March 1874

| 4 April 1878

| Conservative

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | Benjamin Disraeli

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Lord George Hamilton

| 4 April 1878

| 21 April 1880

| Conservative

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| A. J. Mundella

| 3 May 1880

| 9 June 1885

| Liberal

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| William Ewart Gladstone

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Edward Stanhope

| 24 June 1885

| 17 September 1885

| Conservative

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Henry Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford

| 17 September 1885

| 28 January 1886

| Conservative

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair

| 13 February 1886

| 20 July 1886

| Liberal

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| William Ewart Gladstone

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Henry Holland

| 3 August 1886

| 25 January 1887

| Conservative

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| William Hart Dyke

| 25 January 1887

| 11 August 1892

| Conservative

style="height:1em"

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | 60px

| rowspan=2 | Arthur Dyke Acland

| rowspan=2 | 25 August 1892

| rowspan=2 | 21 June 1895

| rowspan=2 | Liberal

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| William Ewart Gladstone

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| John Eldon Gorst

| 4 July 1895

| 8 August 1902

| Conservative

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
{{Small|(Unionist Coalition)}}

=President of the Board of Education (1900–1944)=

Colour key (for political parties):

{{Legend2|{{Party color|Liberal Unionist Party}}|Liberal Unionist|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{Legend2|{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|Conservative|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{Legend2|{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}|Liberal|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{Legend2|{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|Labour|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{Legend2|{{Party color|National Labour Organisation}}|National Labour|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

class="wikitable"

! colspan=3 | President of the Board

! colspan=2 | Term of office

! Party

! colspan=2 | Prime Minister

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Unionist Party}}" |

| 60px

| Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire
{{Small|(also Lord President of the Council)}}

| 3 March 1900{{London Gazette|issue=27172 |page=1609 |date=9 March 1900}}

| 8 August 1902

| Liberal Unionist

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
{{Small|(Unionist Coalition)}}

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry
{{Small|(also Lord President of the Council)}}

| 11 August 1902

| 4 December 1905

| Conservative

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Arthur Balfour
{{Small|(Unionist Coalition)}}

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Augustine Birrell

| 10 December 1905

| 23 January 1907

| Liberal

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | Henry Campbell-Bannerman

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Reginald McKenna

| 23 January 1907

| 12 April 1908

| Liberal

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Walter Runciman

| 12 April 1908

| 23 October 1911

| Liberal

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" |

| rowspan=2 | H. H. Asquith

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Jack Pease

| 23 October 1911

| 25 May 1915

| Liberal

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Arthur Henderson

| 25 May 1915

| 18 August 1916

| Labour

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}; border-top:solid 0 gray" |

| rowspan=2 | H. H. Asquith
{{Small|(Coalition)}}

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe

| 18 August 1916

| 10 December 1916

| Liberal

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Herbert Fisher

| 10 December 1916

| 19 October 1922

| Liberal

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| David Lloyd George
{{Small|(Coalition)}}

style="height:1em"

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | 60px

| rowspan=2 | Edward Wood

| rowspan=2 | 24 October 1922

| rowspan=2 | 22 January 1924

| rowspan=2 | Conservative

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Bonar Law

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Stanley Baldwin

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Charles Trevelyan

| 22 January 1924

| 3 November 1924

| Labour

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Ramsay MacDonald

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Eustace Percy, 1st Baron Percy of Newcastle

| 6 November 1924

| 4 June 1929

| Conservative

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Stanley Baldwin

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Charles Trevelyan

| 7 June 1929

| 2 March 1931
(resigned)

| Labour

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | Ramsay MacDonald

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Hastings Lees-Smith

| 2 March 1931

| 24 August 1931

| Labour

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Donald Maclean

| 25 August 1931

| 15 June 1932
(died in office)

| Liberal

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|National Labour Organisation}}" |

| rowspan=2 | Ramsay MacDonald
{{Small|(1st & 2nd National Min.)}}

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax

| 15 June 1932

| 7 June 1935

| Conservative

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Oliver Stanley

| 7 June 1935

| 28 May 1937

| Conservative

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Stanley Baldwin
{{Small|(3rd National Min.)}}

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope

| 28 May 1937

| 27 October 1938

| Conservative

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | Neville Chamberlain
{{Small|(4th National Min;
War Coalition)}}

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|National Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Herbrand Sackville, 9th Earl De La Warr

| 27 October 1938

| 3 April 1940

| National Labour

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Herwald Ramsbotham

| 3 April 1940

| 20 July 1941

| Conservative

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | Winston Churchill
{{Small|(War Coalition)}}

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| R. A. Butler

| 20 July 1941

| 10 August 1944

| Conservative

=Minister of Education (1944–1964)=

Colour key (for political parties):

{{Legend2|{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|Conservative|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{Legend2|{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|Labour|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

class="wikitable"

! colspan=3 | Minister

! colspan=2 | Term of office

! Party

! colspan=2 | Prime Minister

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| R. A. Butler{{Cite web |title=Page 3721 {{!}} Issue 36651, 11 August 1944 {{!}} London Gazette {{!}} The Gazette |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36651/page/3721 |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=www.thegazette.co.uk}}

| 10 August 1944

| 25 May 1945

| Conservative

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Winston Churchill
{{Small|(War Coalition)}}

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Richard Law

| 25 May 1945

| 26 July 1945

| Conservative

| Winston Churchill
{{Small|(Caretaker Min.)}}

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Ellen Wilkinson

| 3 August 1945

| 6 February 1947
(died in office)

| Labour

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | Clement Attlee

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| George Tomlinson

| 10 February 1947

| 26 October 1951

| Labour

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Florence Horsbrugh

| 2 November 1951

| 18 October 1954

| Conservative

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" |

| rowspan=2 | Winston Churchill

style="height:1em"

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | 60px

| rowspan=2 | David Eccles

| rowspan=2 | 18 October 1954

| rowspan=2 | 13 January 1957

| rowspan=2 | Conservative

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-top:solid 0 gray" |

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Anthony Eden

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Quintin Hogg

| 13 January 1957

| 17 September 1957

| Conservative

| rowspan=4 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=4 | Harold Macmillan

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Geoffrey Lloyd

| 17 September 1957

| 14 October 1959

| Conservative

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| David Eccles

| 14 October 1959

| 13 July 1962

| Conservative

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" |

| rowspan=2 | 60px

| rowspan=2 | Edward Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth

| rowspan=2 | 13 July 1962

| rowspan=2 | 1 April 1964

| rowspan=2 | Conservative

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-top:solid 0 gray" |

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Alec Douglas-Home

=Secretary of State for Education and Science (1964–1992)=

Colour key (for political parties):

{{Legend2|{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|Conservative|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{Legend2|{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|Labour|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

class="wikitable"

! colspan=3 | Secretary of State

! colspan=2 | Term of office

! Party

! colspan=2 | Prime Minister

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone

| 1 April 1964

| 16 October 1964

| Conservative

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Alec Douglas-Home

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Michael Stewart

| 18 October 1964

| 22 January 1965

| Labour

| rowspan=4 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=4 | Harold Wilson

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Anthony Crosland

| 22 January 1965

| 29 August 1967

| Labour

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Patrick Gordon Walker

| 29 August 1967

| 6 April 1968

| Labour

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Edward Short

| 6 April 1968

| 19 June 1970

| Labour

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Margaret Thatcher{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/953/career |title=Baroness Thatcher |work=UK Parliament |access-date=28 July 2021}}

| 20 June 1970

| 4 March 1974

| Conservative

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Edward Heath

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Reginald Prentice{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/3261/career |title=Lord Prentice |work=UK Parliament |access-date=16 October 2021}}

| 5 March 1974

| 9 June 1975

| Labour

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | Harold Wilson

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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" |

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| rowspan=2 | Fred Mulley{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/2977/career |title=Lord Mulley |work=UK Parliament |access-date=16 October 2021}}

| rowspan=2 | 10 June 1975

| rowspan=2 | 9 September 1976

| rowspan=2 | Labour

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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}; border-top:solid 0 gray" |

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | James Callaghan

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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Shirley Williams{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/740/career |title=Baroness Williams of Crosby |work=UK Parliament |access-date=16 October 2021}}

| 10 September 1976

| 4 May 1979

| Labour

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Mark Carlisle

| 5 May 1979

| 14 September 1981

| Conservative

| rowspan=5 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=5 | Margaret Thatcher

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Keith Joseph{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/2976/career |title=Lord Joseph |work=UK Parliament |access-date=16 October 2021}}

| 14 September 1981

| 20 May 1986

| Conservative

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Kenneth Baker{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/1028/career |title=Lord Baker of Dorking |work=UK Parliament |access-date=16 October 2021}}

| 21 May 1986

| 23 July 1989

| Conservative

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| John MacGregor{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/131/career |title=Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market |work=UK Parliament |access-date=16 October 2021}}

| 24 July 1989

| 1 November 1990

| Conservative

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" |

| rowspan=2 | 60px

| rowspan=2 | Kenneth Clarke{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/366/career |title=Lord Clarke of Nottingham |work=UK Parliament |access-date=28 July 2021}}

| rowspan=2 | 2 November 1990

| rowspan=2 | 9 April 1992

| rowspan=2 | Conservative

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-top:solid 0 gray" |

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| John Major

=Secretary of State for Education (1992–1995)=

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! colspan=2 | Term of office

! Party

! colspan=2 | Prime Minister

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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| John Patten{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/1137/career |title=Lord Patten |work=UK Parliament |access-date=11 August 2021}}

| 10 April 1992

| 20 July 1994

| Conservative

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | John Major

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Gillian Shephard{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/132/career |title=Baroness Shephard of Northwold |work=UK Parliament |access-date=11 August 2021}}

| 20 July 1994

| 5 July 1995

| Conservative

=Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1995–2001)=

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! colspan=3 | Secretary of State

! colspan=2 | Term of office

! Party

! colspan=2 | Prime Minister

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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Gillian Shephard

| 5 July 1995

| 1 May 1997

| Conservative

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| John Major

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| David Blunkett{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/395/career |title=Lord Blunkett |work=UK Parliament |access-date=11 August 2021}}

| 1 May 1997

| 8 June 2001

| Labour

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| Tony Blair

=Secretary of State for Education and Skills (2001–2007)=

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! colspan=3 | Secretary of State

! colspan=2 | Term of office

! Party

! colspan=2 | Prime Minister

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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Estelle Morris{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/305/career |title=Baroness Morris of Yardley |work=UK Parliament |access-date=11 August 2021}}

| 8 June 2001

| 24 October 2002
(resigned)

| Labour

| rowspan=4 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=4 | Tony Blair

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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Charles Clarke{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/130/career |title=Rt Hon Charles Clarke |work=UK Parliament |access-date=11 August 2021}}

| 24 October 2002

| 15 December 2004

| Labour

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Ruth Kelly{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/439/career |title=Ruth Kelly |work=UK Parliament |access-date=11 August 2021}}

| 15 December 2004

| 5 May 2006

| Labour

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 60px

| Alan Johnson{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/376/career |title=Rt Hon Alan Johnson |work=UK Parliament |access-date=11 August 2021}}

| 5 May 2006

| 28 June 2007

| Labour

=Secretaries of State for Children, Schools and Families (2007–2010); and Innovation, Universities and Skills (2007–2009)=

In 2007, the education portfolio was divided between the Department for Children, Schools and Families (responsible for infant, primary and secondary education) and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (responsible for further, higher and adult education). In 2009, the latter department was merged into the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

==Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families==

{{Main|Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families}}

{{Excerpt|Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families|Secretary of State|hat=no}}

==Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills==

{{Main|Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills}}

{{Excerpt|Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills|Secretary of State|hat=no}}

=Secretary of State for Education (2010–present)=

The Department for Education and the post of Secretary of State for Education were recreated in 2010.

Responsibility for higher and adult education remained with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (Vince Cable 2010–2015, Sajid Javid 2015–2016), until reunited with the Department for Education in 2016.

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! colspan=3 | Secretary of State

! colspan=2 | Term of office

!Length of term

! Party

! colspan=2 | Prime Minister

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| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 64px

| Michael Gove{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/1571/career |title=Rt Hon Michael Gove MP |work=UK Parliament |access-date=28 July 2021}}
(tenure)

| 12 May 2010

| 15 July 2014

|{{age in years, months and days|12 May 2010|15 July 2014}}

| Conservative

| rowspan=3 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | David Cameron
{{Small|(Coalition)}}

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" |

| rowspan=2 | 86x86px

| rowspan=2 | Nicky Morgan{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/4027/career |title=Baroness Morgan of Cotes |work=UK Parliament |access-date=28 July 2021}}

| rowspan=2 | 15 July 2014

| rowspan=2 | 13 July 2016

| rowspan="2" |{{age in years, months and days|15 July 2014|13 July 2016}}

| rowspan="2" | Conservative

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-top:solid 0 gray" |

| David Cameron
{{Small|(II)}}

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" |

| rowspan=2 | 86x86px

| rowspan=2 | Justine Greening{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/1555/career |title=Rt Hon Justine Greening |work=UK Parliament |access-date=28 July 2021}}

| rowspan=2 | 14 July 2016

| rowspan=2 | 8 January 2018

| rowspan="2" |{{age in years, months and days|14 July 2016|8 January 2018}}

| rowspan="2" | Conservative

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" |

| Theresa May
{{Small|(I)}}

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-top:solid 0 gray" |

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-top:solid 0 gray" |

| rowspan=2 | Theresa May
{{Small|(II)}}

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 86x86px

| Damian Hinds{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/3969/career |title=Rt Hon Damian Hinds MP |work=UK Parliament |access-date=28 July 2021}}

| 8 January 2018

| 24 July 2019

|{{age in years, months and days|8 January 2018|24 July 2019}}

| Conservative

style="height:1em"

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| rowspan=2 | 86x86px

| rowspan=2 | Gavin Williamson{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/4108/career |title=Rt Hon Gavin Williamson MP |work=UK Parliament |access-date=28 July 2021}}

| rowspan=2 | 24 July 2019

| rowspan=2 | 15 September 2021

| rowspan="2" |{{age in years, months and days|24 July 2019|15 September 2021}}

| rowspan="2" | Conservative

| rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| Boris Johnson
{{Small|(I)}}

style="height:1em"

| rowspan=4 | Boris Johnson
{{Small|(II)}}

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| 86x86px

| Nadhim Zahawi{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/4113/career |title=Nadhim Zahawi MP |work=UK Parliament |access-date=15 October 2021}}

| 15 September 2021

| 5 July 2022

|{{age in years, months and days|15 September 2021|5 July 2022}}

| Conservative

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| 86x86px

| Michelle Donelan

| 5 July 2022

| 7 July 2022

|35 hours{{Cite news |last=Gutteridge |first=Nick |date=2022-07-07 |title=Minister who quit after 35 hours is in line for £17,000 payout |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/07/07/240000-payout-ministers-who-quit-axed-boris-johnson-coup/ |access-date=2024-12-24 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}

| Conservative

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| 86x86px

| James Cleverly{{Cite tweet|number=1544996327418986755|user=10DowningStreet|title=The Rt Hon James Cleverly MP @JamesCleverly has been appointed Secretary of State for Education @educationgovuk.}}

| 7 July 2022

| 6 September 2022

|{{age in years, months and days|7 July 2022|6 September 2022}}

| Conservative

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| File:Official portrait of Kit Malthouse crop 2.jpg

| Kit Malthouse{{Cite tweet|number=1567254103981543429|user=10DowningStreet|title= The Rt Hon Kit Malthouse MP @KitMalthouse as Secretary of State for Education @EducationGovUK #Reshuffle}}

| 6 September 2022

| 25 October 2022

|{{age in years, months and days|6 September 2022|25 October 2022}}

| Conservative

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| Liz Truss
{{Small|(Truss ministry)}}

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| 64px

| Gillian Keegan

| 25 October 2022

| 5 July 2024

|{{age in years, months and days|25 October 2022|5 July 2024}}

| Conservative

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| Rishi Sunak
{{Small|(Sunak ministry)}}

style="height:1em"

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|

| 64px

| Bridget Phillipson

| 5 July 2024

| Incumbent

|{{age in years, months and days|5 July 2024|{{FULLDATE|type=dmy}}}}

| Labour

| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}"|

| Keir Starmer
{{Small|(I)}}

* Incumbent's length of term last updated: {{Date}}.

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from:07/07/2022 till:06/09/2022 color:con text:"James Cleverly"

bar:Malthouse

from:06/09/2022 till:25/10/2022 color:con text:"Kit Malthouse"

bar:Keegan

from:25/10/2022 till:05/07/2024 color:con text:"Gillian Keegan"

bar:Phillipson

from:05/07/2024 till:$now color:lab text:"Bridget Phillipson"

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