Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for the School and College System)

Organisations: Department for Education

Responsibilities

The minister’s responsibilities include:

  • academies and multi-academy trusts
  • free schools and university technical colleges
  • faith schools
  • independent schools
  • home education and supplementary schools
  • intervention in underperforming schools and school improvement
  • school governance
  • school capital investment (including pupil place planning)
  • Education Investment Areas (jointly with Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for the School Standards))
  • education provision and outcomes for 16 to 19 year olds
  • college governance and accountability
  • intervention and financial oversight of further education colleges
  • careers education, information and guidance including the Careers and Enterprise Company
  • reducing the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training
  • safeguarding in schools and post-16 settings
  • counter extremism in schools and post-16 settings
  • departmental efficiency and commercial policy

Previous holders of this role

  1. Baroness Barran MBE

    2022 to 2022