Minister of State (Minister for School Standards)
Georgia Gould OBE MP
Biography
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.
Minister of State (Minister for School Standards)
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