Ministerial role

Minister of State (Minister for School Standards)

Organisations: Department for Education
Current role holder: Georgia Gould OBE MP

Responsibilities

The minister’s responsibilities include:

  • school improvement, intervention and inspection (including links with Ofsted)
  • regional improvement for standards and excellence (RISE)
  • special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and high needs
  • initial teacher training and incentives
  • teacher retention including the early career framework and teacher training entitlement
  • school leadership
  • school governance
  • teacher pay and pensions
  • school support staff
  • core school funding
  • pupil premium
  • qualifications (including links with Ofqual)
  • curriculum and assessment, including the curriculum and assessment review and creative education
  • access to sport, arts and music in education, working with other departments
  • alternative provision
  • admissions
  • faith schools
  • school transport

Current role holder

Georgia Gould OBE MP

Georgia Gould was appointed Minister of State (Minister for School Standards) at the Department for Education on 6 September 2025.

She was previously Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office between 9 July 2024 and 6 September 2025.

Georgia was elected as the MP for Queen’s Park and Maida Vale in July 2024.

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Previous holders of this role

  1. Catherine McKinnell MP

    2024 to 2025