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scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Term_of_office" title="Term of office">Term length</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/At_His_Majesty%27s_Pleasure" class="mw-redirect" title="At His Majesty's Pleasure">At His Majesty's Pleasure</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li>5 February 1857<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(as Vice-President of the Committee of the Council on Education)</span></li> <li>12 May 2010:<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(as Secretary of State for Education)</span></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Cowper-Temple,_1st_Baron_Mount_Temple" title="William Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple">William Cowper-Temple</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(as Vice-President of the Committee of the Council on Education)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Salary</th><td 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_variant_2%29.svg/45px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_variant_2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="42" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_variant_2%29.svg/68px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_variant_2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_variant_2%29.svg/90px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_variant_2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="479" /></a></span> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Monarchy of the United Kingdom">The Monarch</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_British_monarchs" title="List of British monarchs">list</a>)</li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/King_Charles_III" class="mw-redirect" title="King Charles III">King Charles III</a> </p><p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Prince_of_Wales%27s_feathers_Badge.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Prince of Wales's feathers" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Prince_of_Wales%27s_feathers_Badge.svg/30px-Prince_of_Wales%27s_feathers_Badge.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Prince_of_Wales%27s_feathers_Badge.svg/45px-Prince_of_Wales%27s_feathers_Badge.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Prince_of_Wales%27s_feathers_Badge.svg/60px-Prince_of_Wales%27s_feathers_Badge.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="339" data-file-height="383" /></a></span> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Succession_to_the_British_throne" title="Succession to the British throne">Heir apparent</a></b></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/William,_Prince_of_Wales" title="William, Prince of Wales">William, Prince of Wales</a> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_royal_family" title="British royal family">Royal family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Succession_to_the_British_throne" title="Succession to the British throne">Succession</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_prerogative_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Royal prerogative in the United Kingdom">Prerogative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counsellor_of_State" title="Counsellor of State">Counsellors of State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republicanism_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Republicanism in the United Kingdom">Republicanism in the United Kingdom</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Executive_(government)" title="Executive (government)">Executive</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:centre"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)" title="Privy Council (United Kingdom)">Privy Council</a></b></li></ul> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(2022,_Crown_%26_Garter).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Royal_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_Crown_%26_Garter%29.svg/20px-Royal_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_Crown_%26_Garter%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="37" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Royal_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_Crown_%26_Garter%29.svg/30px-Royal_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_Crown_%26_Garter%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Royal_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_Crown_%26_Garter%29.svg/40px-Royal_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_Crown_%26_Garter%29.svg.png 2x" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/45px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/60px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1552" data-file-height="1366" /></a></span> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Cabinet of the United Kingdom">Cabinet</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_British_governments" title="List of British governments">list</a>)<br /></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Starmer_ministry" title="Starmer ministry">Starmer ministry</a> (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">L</a>)<br /> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom">list</a>)<br /></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Keir_Starmer" title="Keir Starmer">Keir Starmer</a> (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">L</a>)<br /> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Deputy Prime Minister</a></b><br /></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Angela_Rayner" title="Angela Rayner">Angela Rayner</a> (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">L</a>)<br /> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Departments_of_the_Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom">Departments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_government_ministers_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of government ministers of the United Kingdom">Ministers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Executive_agency" title="Executive agency">Agencies</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Legislatures_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Legislatures of the United Kingdom">Legislature</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:centre"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament</a></b></li></ul> <p>(<a href="/wiki/King-in-Parliament" title="King-in-Parliament">King-in-Parliament</a>)<br /> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Crowned_Portcullis.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Crowned portcullis" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Crowned_Portcullis.svg/50px-Crowned_Portcullis.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Crowned_Portcullis.svg/75px-Crowned_Portcullis.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Crowned_Portcullis.svg/100px-Crowned_Portcullis.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="460" data-file-height="550" /></a></span> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Monarchy of the United Kingdom">King</a></b></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">Charles III</a> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a></b></li></ul> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:House_of_Lords_composition.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Composition diagram of the House of Lords" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/House_of_Lords_composition.svg/100px-House_of_Lords_composition.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/House_of_Lords_composition.svg/150px-House_of_Lords_composition.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/House_of_Lords_composition.svg/200px-House_of_Lords_composition.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="199" /></a></span> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Lord_Speaker" title="Lord Speaker">Lord Speaker</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/John_McFall,_Baron_McFall_of_Alcluith" title="John McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith">The Lord McFall of Alcluith</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a></b></li></ul> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:House_of_Commons_UK.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Composition diagram of the House of Commons" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/House_of_Commons_UK.svg/100px-House_of_Commons_UK.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="46" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/House_of_Commons_UK.svg/150px-House_of_Commons_UK.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/House_of_Commons_UK.svg/200px-House_of_Commons_UK.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="164" /></a></span> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(United_Kingdom)" title="Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)">Speaker</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Hoyle" title="Lindsay Hoyle">Sir Lindsay Hoyle</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(United_Kingdom)" title="Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)">Leader of the Opposition</a></b><br /><a href="/wiki/Kemi_Badenoch" title="Kemi Badenoch">Kemi Badenoch</a> (<a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">C</a>)<br /></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 2024 United Kingdom general election">59th Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/His_Majesty%27s_Most_Loyal_Opposition" title="His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition">Opposition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MPs</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 2024 United Kingdom general election">List of MPs</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Judiciaries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Judiciaries of the United Kingdom">Judiciary</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:centre"><a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">Charles III</a><br /><b>(<a href="/wiki/Court_of_King%27s_Bench_(England)" title="Court of King's Bench (England)">King-on-the-Bench</a>)</b> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Supreme Court of the United Kingdom">Supreme Court</a></b></li></ul> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Badge_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Badge of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Badge_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/30px-Badge_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Badge_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/45px-Badge_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Badge_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/60px-Badge_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="691" /></a></span> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom">President</a></b></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Robert_Reed,_Baron_Reed_of_Allermuir" title="Robert Reed, Baron Reed of Allermuir">The Lord Reed</a> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Deputy_President_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom">Deputy President</a></b></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Hodge,_Lord_Hodge" title="Patrick Hodge, Lord Hodge">The Lord Hodge</a> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Justice_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom">Justices of the Supreme Court</a></b></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Judiciaries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Judiciaries of the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courts_of_England_and_Wales" title="Courts of England and Wales">England and Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courts_of_Scotland" title="Courts of Scotland">Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courts_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Courts of Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Bank_of_England" title="Bank of England">Bank of England</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:centre"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_the_Bank_of_England" title="Governor of the Bank of England">Governor</a></b></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Bailey_(banker)" title="Andrew Bailey (banker)">Andrew Bailey</a> </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Governor_of_the_Bank_of_England" title="Deputy Governor of the Bank of England">Deputy governors</a></b></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Monetary_Policy_Committee_(United_Kingdom)" title="Monetary Policy Committee (United Kingdom)">Monetary Policy Committee</a> </p> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_currencies" title="List of British currencies">Currencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_pound_sterling" title="Banknotes of the pound sterling">Banknotes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coins_of_the_pound_sterling" title="Coins of the pound sterling">Coins</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Elections in the United Kingdom">Elections</a> and <a href="/wiki/Referendums_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Referendums in the United Kingdom">referendums</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:centre"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constituencies_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament constituencies</a> (<a href="/wiki/2023_Periodic_Review_of_Westminster_constituencies" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies">2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of political parties in the United Kingdom">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_Parties,_Elections_and_Referendums_Act_2000" title="Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000">Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dissolution_and_Calling_of_Parliament_Act_2022" title="Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022">Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament_constituencies_and_electoral_regions" title="Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions">Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senedd_constituencies_and_electoral_regions" title="Senedd constituencies and electoral regions">Senedd constituencies and electoral regions</a></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_general_elections" title="List of United Kingdom general elections">UK general elections</a></b></div> <hr /> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="First Parliament of the United Kingdom">1801 co-option</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1802_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1802 United Kingdom general election">1802</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1806_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1806 United Kingdom general election">1806</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1807_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1807 United Kingdom general election">1807</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1812_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1812 United Kingdom general election">1812</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1818_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1818 United Kingdom general election">1818</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1820_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1820 United Kingdom general election">1820</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1826_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1826 United Kingdom general election">1826</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1830_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1830 United Kingdom general election">1830</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1831_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1831 United Kingdom general election">1831</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1832_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1832 United Kingdom general election">1832–33</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1835_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1835 United Kingdom general election">1835</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1837_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1837 United Kingdom general election">1837</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1841_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1841 United Kingdom general election">1841</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1847_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1847 United Kingdom general election">1847</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1852_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1852 United Kingdom general election">1852</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1857_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1857 United Kingdom general election">1857</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1859_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1859 United Kingdom general election">1859</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1865_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1865 United Kingdom general election">1865</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1868_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1868 United Kingdom general election">1868</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1874_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1874 United Kingdom general election">1874</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1880_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1880 United Kingdom general election">1880</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1885 United Kingdom general election">1885</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1886_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1886 United Kingdom general election">1886</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1892_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1892 United Kingdom general election">1892</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1895_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1895 United Kingdom general election">1895</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1900_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1900 United Kingdom general election">1900</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1906_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1906 United Kingdom general election">1906</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/January_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="January 1910 United Kingdom general election">1910 (Jan–Feb)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/December_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="December 1910 United Kingdom general election">1910 (Dec)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1918 United Kingdom general election">1918</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1922_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1922 United Kingdom general election">1922</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1923_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1923 United Kingdom general election">1923</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1924_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1924 United Kingdom general election">1924</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1929_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1929 United Kingdom general election">1929</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1931_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1931 United Kingdom general election">1931</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1935_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1935 United Kingdom general election">1935</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1945 United Kingdom general election">1945</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">1950</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1951_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1951 United Kingdom general election">1951</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1955_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1955 United Kingdom general election">1955</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1959_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1959 United Kingdom general election">1959</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1964_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1964 United Kingdom general election">1964</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1966_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1966 United Kingdom general election">1966</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1970 United Kingdom general election">1970</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">1974 (Feb)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="October 1974 United Kingdom general election">1974 (Oct)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">1979</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1987_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1987 United Kingdom general election">1987</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1992 United Kingdom general election">1992</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election">1997</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">2001</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2015 United Kingdom general election">2015</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2017 United Kingdom general election">2017</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2019 United Kingdom general election">2019</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2024 United Kingdom general election">2024</a></li></ul></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Endorsements</b></div> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Endorsements_in_the_2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="Endorsements in the 2010 United Kingdom general election">2010</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Endorsements_in_the_2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="Endorsements in the 2015 United Kingdom general election">2015</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Endorsements_in_the_2017_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="Endorsements in the 2017 United Kingdom general election">2017</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Endorsements_in_the_2019_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="Endorsements in the 2019 United Kingdom general election">2019</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Endorsements_in_the_2024_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="Endorsements in the 2024 United Kingdom general election">2024</a></li></ul></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>European Parliament elections (1979–2019)</b></div> <hr /> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1979 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1979</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1984_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1984 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1984</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1989_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1989 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1989</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1994_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1994 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1994</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1999 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1999</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2004</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2009 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2009</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2014</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2019</a></li></ul></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Scottish Parliament elections</b></div> <hr /> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1999_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="1999 Scottish Parliament election">1999</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2003_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2003 Scottish Parliament election">2003</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2007_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2007 Scottish Parliament election">2007</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2011 Scottish Parliament election">2011</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2016 Scottish Parliament election">2016</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2021_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="2021 Scottish Parliament election">2021</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Next_Scottish_Parliament_election" title="Next Scottish Parliament election">Next</a></li></ul></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Northern Ireland Assembly elections</b></div> <hr /> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1998_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election">1998</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2003_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2003 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2003</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2007_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2007 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2007</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2011_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2011</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2016</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2017_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2017</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2022_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election">2022</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Next_Northern_Ireland_Assembly_election" title="Next Northern Ireland Assembly election">Next</a></li></ul></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Senedd elections</b></div> <hr /> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1999_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="1999 National Assembly for Wales election">1999</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2003_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2003 National Assembly for Wales election">2003</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2007_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2007 National Assembly for Wales election">2007</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2011_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2011 National Assembly for Wales election">2011</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2016_National_Assembly_for_Wales_election" title="2016 National Assembly for Wales election">2016</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2021_Senedd_election" title="2021 Senedd election">2021</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Next_Senedd_election" title="Next Senedd election">Next</a></li></ul></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>UK referendums</b></div> <hr /> <div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1975_United_Kingdom_European_Communities_membership_referendum" title="1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum">1975</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_Alternative_Vote_referendum" title="2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum">2011</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum">2016</a></li></ul></div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Devolution_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Devolution in the United Kingdom">Devolution</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:centre"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Intergovernmental_relations_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Intergovernmental relations in the United Kingdom">Intergovernmental relations in the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_consent_motion" title="Legislative consent motion">Legislative consent motions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_and_Heads_of_Devolved_Governments_Council" title="Prime Minister and Heads of Devolved Governments Council">Prime Minister and Heads of Devolved Governments Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_the_Nations_and_Regions" title="Council of the Nations and Regions">Council of the Nations and Regions</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Governance_of_England" title="Governance of England">Governance of England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_votes_for_English_laws" title="English votes for English laws">English votes for English laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Authority" title="Greater London Authority">Greater London Authority</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1998_Greater_London_Authority_referendum" title="1998 Greater London Authority referendum">1998 referendum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Authority_Act_1999" title="Greater London Authority Act 1999">Greater London Authority Act 1999</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Authority_Act_2007" title="Greater London Authority Act 2007">2007 Act</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_London" title="Mayor of London">Mayor of London</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sadiq_Khan" title="Sadiq Khan">Sadiq Khan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Mayor_of_London" title="Deputy Mayor of London">Mayoral cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Assembly" title="London Assembly">London Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Plan" title="London Plan">London Plan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combined_authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Combined authority">Combined authorities</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Directly_elected_mayors_in_England#Combined_Authority_("Metro")_Mayors" title="Directly elected mayors in England">Metro mayors</a></li></ul></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Act_1998" title="Northern Ireland Act 1998">Northern Ireland Act 1998</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_(St_Andrews_Agreement)_Act_2006" title="Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006">2006 Act</a>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_and_deputy_First_Minister_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland">First Minister</a> </b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_O%27Neill" title="Michelle O'Neill">Michelle O'Neill</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_and_deputy_First_Minister_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland">deputy First Minister</a> </b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emma_Little-Pengelly" title="Emma Little-Pengelly">Emma Little-Pengelly</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Executive" title="Northern Ireland Executive">Executive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="Northern Ireland Assembly">Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_acts_of_the_Northern_Ireland_Assembly" title="List of acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly">Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Law of Northern Ireland">Law of Northern Ireland</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_devolution" title="Scottish devolution">Scottish devolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Scottish_devolution_referendum" title="1997 Scottish devolution referendum">1997 referendum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_1998" title="Scotland Act 1998">Scotland Act 1998</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_2012" title="Scotland Act 2012">2012 Act</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland_Act_2016" title="Scotland Act 2016">2016 Act</a>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Scotland" title="First Minister of Scotland">First Minister</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Swinney" title="John Swinney">John Swinney</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government" title="Scottish Government">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Parliament" title="Scottish Parliament">Scottish Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Act_of_the_Scottish_Parliament" title="Act of the Scottish Parliament">Act of the Scottish Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_statutory_instrument" title="Scottish statutory instrument">Scottish statutory instrument</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scots_law" title="Scots law">Scots law</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_devolution" title="Welsh devolution">Welsh devolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="1997 Welsh devolution referendum">1997 referendum</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/2011_Welsh_devolution_referendum" title="2011 Welsh devolution referendum">2011 referendum on law-making powers</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Wales_Act_1998" title="Government of Wales Act 1998">Government of Wales Act 1998</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Government_of_Wales_Act_2006" title="Government of Wales Act 2006">2006 Act</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wales_Act_2014" title="Wales Act 2014">Wales Act 2014</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wales_Act_2017" title="Wales Act 2017">Wales Act 2017</a>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_of_Wales" title="First Minister of Wales">First Minister</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eluned_Morgan,_Baroness_Morgan_of_Ely" class="mw-redirect" title="Eluned Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Ely">Eluned Morgan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senedd" title="Senedd">Senedd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Measure_of_the_National_Assembly_for_Wales" title="Measure of the National Assembly for Wales">Measure of the National Assembly for Wales</a> (1999–2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Act_of_Senedd_Cymru" title="Act of Senedd Cymru">Act of Senedd Cymru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_law" title="Welsh law">Welsh law</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_geography_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Administrative geography of the United Kingdom">Administration</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:centre"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_England" title="Local government in England">England</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_local_government_in_England" title="History of local government in England">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_England" title="Subdivisions of England">Subdivisions</a>: <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_England" title="Regions of England">Regions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England" title="Ceremonial counties of England">Ceremonial counties</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_ceremonial_counties_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ceremonial counties of England">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_and_non-metropolitan_counties_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England">Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_county" title="Metropolitan county">Metropolitan county</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_county" title="Non-metropolitan county">Non-metropolitan county</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_London" title="Greater London">Greater London</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unitary_authorities_of_England" title="Unitary authorities of England">Unitary authorities</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Unitary_authorities_of_England" title="Template:Unitary authorities of England">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_England" title="Districts of England">Districts</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_English_districts" title="List of English districts">list</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_borough" title="Metropolitan borough">Metropolitan Borough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">Non-metropolitan District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_boroughs" title="London boroughs">London Borough</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">Civil parishes</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_civil_parishes_in_England" title="List of civil parishes in England">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historic_counties_of_England" title="Historic counties of England">Historic counties</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Local government in Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Northern_Ireland#History" title="Local government in Northern Ireland">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Subdivisions of Northern Ireland">Subdivisions</a>: <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Counties of Northern Ireland">Counties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of Northern Ireland">Districts</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Scotland" title="Local government in Scotland">Scotland</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_local_government_in_Scotland" title="History of local government in Scotland">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Scotland" title="Subdivisions of Scotland">Subdivisions</a>: <a href="/wiki/Sheriffdom" title="Sheriffdom">Sheriffdoms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_areas_of_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Council areas of Scotland">Council areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_community_council_areas_in_Scotland" title="List of community council areas in Scotland">Community council areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_civil_parishes_in_Scotland" title="List of civil parishes in Scotland">Civil parishes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shires_of_Scotland" title="Shires of Scotland">Shires of Scotland</a></li></ul> <hr /> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Wales" title="Local government in Wales">Wales</a></b></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_local_government_in_Wales" title="History of local government in Wales">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preserved_counties_of_Wales" title="Preserved counties of Wales">Preserved counties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Wales" title="Local government in Wales">Principal areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Community_(Wales)" title="Community (Wales)">Communities</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_communities_in_Wales" title="List of communities in Wales">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historic_counties_of_Wales" title="Historic counties of Wales">Historic counties</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Crown_Dependencies" title="Crown Dependencies">Crown Dependencies</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:centre"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bailiwick_of_Guernsey" title="Bailiwick of 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id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The incumbent is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Cabinet of the United Kingdom">Cabinet of the United Kingdom</a>. </p><p>The office holder works alongside the other <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Education#Ministers" title="Department for Education">Education ministers</a>. The corresponding <a href="/wiki/Shadow_minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow minister">shadow minister</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Education" title="Shadow Secretary of State for Education">shadow secretary of state for education</a>, and the work of the secretary of state is also scrutinised by the <a href="/wiki/Education_Select_Committee" title="Education Select Committee">Education Select Committee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The current education secretary is <a href="/wiki/Bridget_Phillipson" title="Bridget Phillipson">Bridget Phillipson</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Responsibilities">Responsibilities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Education&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Responsibilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Corresponding to what is generally known as an <a href="/wiki/Education_minister" title="Education minister">education minister</a> in many other countries, the education secretary's remit is concerned primarily with <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>. This includes: </p> <ul><li>Early years</li> <li>Children's social care</li> <li>Teacher recruitment and retention</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/National_Curriculum_for_England" title="National Curriculum for England">national curriculum</a></li> <li>School improvement</li> <li>Academies and free schools</li> <li>Further education</li> <li>Apprenticeships and skills</li> <li>Higher education</li> <li>Oversight of the departmental coronavirus (COVID-19) response</li> <li>Oversight of school infrastructure improvement<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Education&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A committee of the <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Privy Council of the United Kingdom">Privy Council</a> was appointed in 1839 to supervise the distribution of certain government grants in the education field.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The members of the committee were the <a href="/wiki/Lord_President_of_the_Council" title="Lord President of the Council">Lord President of the Council</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_(United_Kingdom)" title="Secretary of State (United Kingdom)">Secretaries of State</a>, the <a href="/wiki/First_Lord_of_the_Treasury" title="First Lord of the Treasury">First Lord of the Treasury</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Chancellor of the Exchequer">Chancellor of the Exchequer</a>. From 1857 a vice-president was appointed who took responsibility for policy. </p><p>On 1 April 1900, the <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Education_Act_1899" title="Board of Education Act 1899">Board of Education Act 1899</a> 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). </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Education_Act_1944" title="Education Act 1944">Education Act 1944</a> replaced the Board of Education with a new <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Education_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Education (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Education</a>. </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Education_and_Science_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Education and Science (UK)">Department of Education and Science</a>. </p><p>From June 1970 to March 1974, this post was held by future prime minister Margaret Thatcher.<sup id="cite_ref-worst_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-worst-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1992, the responsibility for <a href="/wiki/Science" title="Science">science</a> was transferred to <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Office" title="Cabinet Office">Cabinet Office</a>'s Office of Public Service, and the department was renamed Department of Education. In 1995 the department merged with the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Employment" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Employment">Department of Employment</a> to become the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Education_and_Employment" class="mw-redirect" title="Department for Education and Employment">Department for Education and Employment</a> (DfEE) and in 2001 the employment functions were transferred to a newly created <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Work_and_Pensions" title="Department for Work and Pensions">Department for Work and Pensions</a>, 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. </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Peter_Mandelson" title="Peter Mandelson">Peter Mandelson</a>, made a peer and given the title Lord Mandelson as the newly created <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Business,_Innovation_and_Skills" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills">Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills</a> – 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. </p><p>From 14 July 2016 to 8 January 2018 the post was held by <a href="/wiki/Justine_Greening" title="Justine Greening">Justine Greening</a>, as her predecessor, <a href="/wiki/Nicky_Morgan" title="Nicky Morgan">Nicky Morgan</a>, was sacked by <a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a>. Greening resigned after rejecting a <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_reshuffle" title="Cabinet reshuffle">reshuffle</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Work_and_Pensions" title="Department for Work and Pensions">Department for Work and Pensions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 7 July 2022, <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Donelan" title="Michelle Donelan">Michelle Donelan</a> became the shortest-serving cabinet member in British history, when she resigned as Education Secretary 35 hours after being appointed.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_office_holders">List of office holders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Education&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: List of office holders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vice-President_of_the_Committee_of_the_Council_on_Education_(1857–1902)"><span id="Vice-President_of_the_Committee_of_the_Council_on_Education_.281857.E2.80.931902.29"></span>Vice-President of the Committee of the Council on Education (1857–1902)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Education&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Vice-President of the Committee of the Council on Education (1857–1902)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Colour key</b> (for political parties):<br /> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#FF7F00; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Whig_(British_political_party)" class="mw-redirect" title="Whig (British political party)">Whig</a></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#0087DC; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#FFD700; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></span> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3">Vice-President of the Committee </th> <th colspan="2">Term of office </th> <th>Party </th> <th colspan="2">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#FF7F00"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Cowper-Temple,_Lock_%26_Whitfield_woodburytype,_1876-85.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/William_Cowper-Temple%2C_Lock_%26_Whitfield_woodburytype%2C_1876-85.jpg/60px-William_Cowper-Temple%2C_Lock_%26_Whitfield_woodburytype%2C_1876-85.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/William_Cowper-Temple%2C_Lock_%26_Whitfield_woodburytype%2C_1876-85.jpg/90px-William_Cowper-Temple%2C_Lock_%26_Whitfield_woodburytype%2C_1876-85.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/William_Cowper-Temple%2C_Lock_%26_Whitfield_woodburytype%2C_1876-85.jpg/120px-William_Cowper-Temple%2C_Lock_%26_Whitfield_woodburytype%2C_1876-85.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1459" data-file-height="1761" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Cowper-Temple,_1st_Baron_Mount_Temple" title="William Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple">William Cowper</a> </td> <td>5 February 1857 </td> <td>21 February 1858 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Whig_(British_political_party)" class="mw-redirect" title="Whig (British political party)">Whig</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FF7F00"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_John_Temple,_3rd_Viscount_Palmerston" title="Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston">Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_Bowyer_Adderley,_Lord_Norton.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Charles_Bowyer_Adderley%2C_Lord_Norton.jpg/60px-Charles_Bowyer_Adderley%2C_Lord_Norton.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Charles_Bowyer_Adderley%2C_Lord_Norton.jpg/90px-Charles_Bowyer_Adderley%2C_Lord_Norton.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Charles_Bowyer_Adderley%2C_Lord_Norton.jpg/120px-Charles_Bowyer_Adderley%2C_Lord_Norton.jpg 2x" data-file-width="341" data-file-height="405" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Adderley,_1st_Baron_Norton" title="Charles Adderley, 1st Baron Norton">Charles Adderley</a> </td> <td>12 March 1858 </td> <td>11 June 1859 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edward_Smith-Stanley,_14th_Earl_of_Derby" title="Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby">Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Robert_Lowe,_1st_Viscount_Sherbrooke_by_George_Frederic_Watts.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Robert_Lowe%2C_1st_Viscount_Sherbrooke_by_George_Frederic_Watts.jpg/60px-Robert_Lowe%2C_1st_Viscount_Sherbrooke_by_George_Frederic_Watts.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Robert_Lowe%2C_1st_Viscount_Sherbrooke_by_George_Frederic_Watts.jpg/90px-Robert_Lowe%2C_1st_Viscount_Sherbrooke_by_George_Frederic_Watts.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Robert_Lowe%2C_1st_Viscount_Sherbrooke_by_George_Frederic_Watts.jpg/120px-Robert_Lowe%2C_1st_Viscount_Sherbrooke_by_George_Frederic_Watts.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3030" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Lowe" title="Robert Lowe">Robert Lowe</a> </td> <td>24 June 1859 </td> <td>26 April 1864<br />(resigned) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFD700; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Henry_John_Temple,_3rd_Viscount_Palmerston" title="Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston">Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Henry_Bruce,_1st_Baron_Aberdare_NPG.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Henry_Bruce%2C_1st_Baron_Aberdare_NPG.jpg/60px-Henry_Bruce%2C_1st_Baron_Aberdare_NPG.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Henry_Bruce%2C_1st_Baron_Aberdare_NPG.jpg/90px-Henry_Bruce%2C_1st_Baron_Aberdare_NPG.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Henry_Bruce%2C_1st_Baron_Aberdare_NPG.jpg/120px-Henry_Bruce%2C_1st_Baron_Aberdare_NPG.jpg 2x" data-file-width="602" data-file-height="773" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Bruce,_1st_Baron_Aberdare" title="Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare">Henry Bruce</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">26 April 1864 </td> <td rowspan="2">26 June 1866 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFD700; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Russell,_1st_Earl_Russell" title="John Russell, 1st Earl Russell">John Russell, 1st Earl Russell</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Henry_Lowry-Corry.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Henry_Lowry-Corry.jpg/60px-Henry_Lowry-Corry.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="65" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Henry_Lowry-Corry.jpg/90px-Henry_Lowry-Corry.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Henry_Lowry-Corry.jpg/120px-Henry_Lowry-Corry.jpg 2x" data-file-width="760" data-file-height="821" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Lowry-Corry_(1803%E2%80%931873)" title="Henry Lowry-Corry (1803–1873)">Henry Lowry-Corry</a> </td> <td>26 June 1866 </td> <td>19 March 1867 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Smith-Stanley,_14th_Earl_of_Derby" title="Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby">Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lord_Robert_Montagu,_Silvy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Lord_Robert_Montagu%2C_Silvy.jpg/60px-Lord_Robert_Montagu%2C_Silvy.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Lord_Robert_Montagu%2C_Silvy.jpg/90px-Lord_Robert_Montagu%2C_Silvy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Lord_Robert_Montagu%2C_Silvy.jpg/120px-Lord_Robert_Montagu%2C_Silvy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="150" data-file-height="172" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Lord_Robert_Montagu" title="Lord Robert Montagu">Lord Robert Montagu</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">19 March 1867 </td> <td rowspan="2">1 December 1868 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Disraeli" title="Benjamin Disraeli">Benjamin Disraeli</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Edward_Forster_by_Henry_Tanworth_Wells.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/William_Edward_Forster_by_Henry_Tanworth_Wells.jpg/60px-William_Edward_Forster_by_Henry_Tanworth_Wells.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/William_Edward_Forster_by_Henry_Tanworth_Wells.jpg/90px-William_Edward_Forster_by_Henry_Tanworth_Wells.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/William_Edward_Forster_by_Henry_Tanworth_Wells.jpg/120px-William_Edward_Forster_by_Henry_Tanworth_Wells.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3049" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Edward_Forster" title="William Edward Forster">William Edward Forster</a> </td> <td>9 December 1868 </td> <td>17 February 1874 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone" title="William Ewart Gladstone">William Ewart Gladstone</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DFS_Ryder_3rd_Earl_of_Harrowby,_Lock_%26_Whitfield.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/DFS_Ryder_3rd_Earl_of_Harrowby%2C_Lock_%26_Whitfield.jpg/60px-DFS_Ryder_3rd_Earl_of_Harrowby%2C_Lock_%26_Whitfield.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/DFS_Ryder_3rd_Earl_of_Harrowby%2C_Lock_%26_Whitfield.jpg/90px-DFS_Ryder_3rd_Earl_of_Harrowby%2C_Lock_%26_Whitfield.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/DFS_Ryder_3rd_Earl_of_Harrowby%2C_Lock_%26_Whitfield.jpg/120px-DFS_Ryder_3rd_Earl_of_Harrowby%2C_Lock_%26_Whitfield.jpg 2x" data-file-width="531" data-file-height="659" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dudley_Ryder,_3rd_Earl_of_Harrowby" title="Dudley Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby">Viscount Sandon</a> </td> <td>2 March 1874 </td> <td>4 April 1878 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Disraeli" title="Benjamin Disraeli">Benjamin Disraeli</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lord_George_Hamilton.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Lord_George_Hamilton.JPG/60px-Lord_George_Hamilton.JPG" decoding="async" width="60" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Lord_George_Hamilton.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="85" data-file-height="119" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lord_George_Hamilton" title="Lord George Hamilton">Lord George Hamilton</a> </td> <td>4 April 1878 </td> <td>21 April 1880 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Anthony_Mundella.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Anthony_Mundella.JPG/60px-Anthony_Mundella.JPG" decoding="async" width="60" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Anthony_Mundella.JPG/90px-Anthony_Mundella.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Anthony_Mundella.JPG/120px-Anthony_Mundella.JPG 2x" data-file-width="539" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._J._Mundella" title="A. J. Mundella">A. J. Mundella</a> </td> <td>3 May 1880 </td> <td>9 June 1885 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone" title="William Ewart Gladstone">William Ewart Gladstone</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Edward_Stanhope.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Edward_Stanhope.jpg/60px-Edward_Stanhope.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Edward_Stanhope.jpg/90px-Edward_Stanhope.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Edward_Stanhope.jpg/120px-Edward_Stanhope.jpg 2x" data-file-width="308" data-file-height="387" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edward_Stanhope" title="Edward Stanhope">Edward Stanhope</a> </td> <td>24 June 1885 </td> <td>17 September 1885 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Gascoyne-Cecil,_3rd_Marquess_of_Salisbury" title="Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury">Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Knutsford1.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Knutsford1.JPG/60px-Knutsford1.JPG" decoding="async" width="60" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Knutsford1.JPG/90px-Knutsford1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Knutsford1.JPG/120px-Knutsford1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="346" data-file-height="466" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Holland,_1st_Viscount_Knutsford" title="Henry Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford">Henry Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford</a> </td> <td>17 September 1885 </td> <td>28 January 1886 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lyon_Playfair.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Lyon_Playfair.jpg/60px-Lyon_Playfair.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Lyon_Playfair.jpg/90px-Lyon_Playfair.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Lyon_Playfair.jpg/120px-Lyon_Playfair.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1446" data-file-height="1809" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lyon_Playfair,_1st_Baron_Playfair" title="Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair">Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair</a> </td> <td>13 February 1886 </td> <td>20 July 1886 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone" title="William Ewart Gladstone">William Ewart Gladstone</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Knutsford1.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Knutsford1.JPG/60px-Knutsford1.JPG" decoding="async" width="60" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Knutsford1.JPG/90px-Knutsford1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Knutsford1.JPG/120px-Knutsford1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="346" data-file-height="466" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Holland,_1st_Viscount_Knutsford" title="Henry Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford">Henry Holland</a> </td> <td>3 August 1886 </td> <td>25 January 1887 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Gascoyne-Cecil,_3rd_Marquess_of_Salisbury" title="Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury">Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Hart_Dyke_by_George_W_Baldry.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/William_Hart_Dyke_by_George_W_Baldry.jpg/60px-William_Hart_Dyke_by_George_W_Baldry.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="73" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/William_Hart_Dyke_by_George_W_Baldry.jpg/90px-William_Hart_Dyke_by_George_W_Baldry.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/William_Hart_Dyke_by_George_W_Baldry.jpg/120px-William_Hart_Dyke_by_George_W_Baldry.jpg 2x" data-file-width="661" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Hart_Dyke,_7th_Baronet" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir William Hart Dyke, 7th Baronet">William Hart Dyke</a> </td> <td>25 January 1887 </td> <td>11 August 1892 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AHD_Acland.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/AHD_Acland.png/60px-AHD_Acland.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/AHD_Acland.png/90px-AHD_Acland.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/AHD_Acland.png/120px-AHD_Acland.png 2x" data-file-width="214" data-file-height="272" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Arthur_Dyke_Acland,_13th_Baronet" title="Sir Arthur Dyke Acland, 13th Baronet">Arthur Dyke Acland</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">25 August 1892 </td> <td rowspan="2">21 June 1895 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone" title="William Ewart Gladstone">William Ewart Gladstone</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Archibald_Primrose,_5th_Earl_of_Rosebery" title="Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery">Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Eldon_Gorst.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/John_Eldon_Gorst.jpg/60px-John_Eldon_Gorst.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="73" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/John_Eldon_Gorst.jpg/90px-John_Eldon_Gorst.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/John_Eldon_Gorst.jpg 2x" data-file-width="119" data-file-height="145" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Eldon_Gorst" title="John Eldon Gorst">John Eldon Gorst</a> </td> <td>4 July 1895 </td> <td>8 August 1902 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Gascoyne-Cecil,_3rd_Marquess_of_Salisbury" title="Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury">Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Unionist_Government_1895%E2%80%931905" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Government 1895–1905">Unionist Coalition</a>)</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="President_of_the_Board_of_Education_(1900–1944)"><span id="President_of_the_Board_of_Education_.281900.E2.80.931944.29"></span>President of the Board of Education (1900–1944)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Education&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: President of the Board of Education (1900–1944)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Colour key</b> (for political parties):<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#2061A2; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Unionist_Party" title="Liberal Unionist Party">Liberal Unionist</a></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#0087DC; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#FFD700; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#E4003B; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:green; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/National_Labour_Organisation" title="National Labour Organisation">National Labour</a></span> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3">President of the Board </th> <th colspan="2">Term of office </th> <th>Party </th> <th colspan="2">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#2061A2"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Picture_of_Spencer_Cavendish,_8th_Duke_of_Devonshire.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Picture_of_Spencer_Cavendish%2C_8th_Duke_of_Devonshire.jpg/60px-Picture_of_Spencer_Cavendish%2C_8th_Duke_of_Devonshire.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Picture_of_Spencer_Cavendish%2C_8th_Duke_of_Devonshire.jpg/90px-Picture_of_Spencer_Cavendish%2C_8th_Duke_of_Devonshire.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Picture_of_Spencer_Cavendish%2C_8th_Duke_of_Devonshire.jpg/120px-Picture_of_Spencer_Cavendish%2C_8th_Duke_of_Devonshire.jpg 2x" data-file-width="599" data-file-height="852" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Cavendish,_8th_Duke_of_Devonshire" title="Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire">Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(also <a href="/wiki/Lord_President_of_the_Council" title="Lord President of the Council">Lord President of the Council</a>)</span> </td> <td>3 March 1900<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>8 August 1902 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Unionist_Party" title="Liberal Unionist Party">Liberal Unionist</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Gascoyne-Cecil,_3rd_Marquess_of_Salisbury" title="Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury">Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Unionist_Government_1895%E2%80%931905" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Government 1895–1905">Unionist Coalition</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lord_Londonderry,_6th_Marquess.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Lord_Londonderry%2C_6th_Marquess.jpg/60px-Lord_Londonderry%2C_6th_Marquess.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Lord_Londonderry%2C_6th_Marquess.jpg/90px-Lord_Londonderry%2C_6th_Marquess.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Lord_Londonderry%2C_6th_Marquess.jpg/120px-Lord_Londonderry%2C_6th_Marquess.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1490" data-file-height="2384" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Vane-Tempest-Stewart,_6th_Marquess_of_Londonderry" title="Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry">Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(also <a href="/wiki/Lord_President_of_the_Council" title="Lord President of the Council">Lord President of the Council</a>)</span> </td> <td>11 August 1902 </td> <td>4 December 1905 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Balfour" title="Arthur Balfour">Arthur Balfour</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Unionist_Government_1895%E2%80%931905" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Government 1895–1905">Unionist Coalition</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Augustine_Birrell.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Augustine_Birrell.jpg/60px-Augustine_Birrell.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Augustine_Birrell.jpg/90px-Augustine_Birrell.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Augustine_Birrell.jpg/120px-Augustine_Birrell.jpg 2x" data-file-width="736" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Augustine_Birrell" title="Augustine Birrell">Augustine Birrell</a> </td> <td>10 December 1905 </td> <td>23 January 1907 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Campbell-Bannerman" title="Henry Campbell-Bannerman">Henry Campbell-Bannerman</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Reginald_McKenna_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Reginald_McKenna_photo.jpg/60px-Reginald_McKenna_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Reginald_McKenna_photo.jpg/90px-Reginald_McKenna_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Reginald_McKenna_photo.jpg/120px-Reginald_McKenna_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3289" data-file-height="4152" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reginald_McKenna" title="Reginald McKenna">Reginald McKenna</a> </td> <td>23 January 1907 </td> <td>12 April 1908 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1905_Walter_Runciman.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3f/1905_Walter_Runciman.jpg/60px-1905_Walter_Runciman.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3f/1905_Walter_Runciman.jpg/90px-1905_Walter_Runciman.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3f/1905_Walter_Runciman.jpg/120px-1905_Walter_Runciman.jpg 2x" data-file-width="165" data-file-height="240" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walter_Runciman,_1st_Viscount_Runciman_of_Doxford" title="Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford">Walter Runciman</a> </td> <td>12 April 1908 </td> <td>23 October 1911 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#FFD700; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/H._H._Asquith" title="H. H. Asquith">H. H. Asquith</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1910_Jack_Pease.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/1910_Jack_Pease.jpg/60px-1910_Jack_Pease.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/1910_Jack_Pease.jpg/90px-1910_Jack_Pease.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/1910_Jack_Pease.jpg/120px-1910_Jack_Pease.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3869" data-file-height="5242" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jack_Pease,_1st_Baron_Gainford" title="Jack Pease, 1st Baron Gainford">Jack Pease</a> </td> <td>23 October 1911 </td> <td>25 May 1915 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1910_Arthur_Henderson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/1910_Arthur_Henderson.jpg/60px-1910_Arthur_Henderson.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/1910_Arthur_Henderson.jpg/90px-1910_Arthur_Henderson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/1910_Arthur_Henderson.jpg/120px-1910_Arthur_Henderson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3632" data-file-height="4828" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Arthur Henderson</a> </td> <td>25 May 1915 </td> <td>18 August 1916 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#FFD700; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/H._H._Asquith" title="H. H. Asquith">H. H. Asquith</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Asquith_coalition_ministry" title="Asquith coalition ministry">Coalition</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Robert_Crewe-Milnes,_1st_Marquess_of_Crewe.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Portrait_of_Robert_Crewe-Milnes%2C_1st_Marquess_of_Crewe.jpg/60px-Portrait_of_Robert_Crewe-Milnes%2C_1st_Marquess_of_Crewe.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Portrait_of_Robert_Crewe-Milnes%2C_1st_Marquess_of_Crewe.jpg/90px-Portrait_of_Robert_Crewe-Milnes%2C_1st_Marquess_of_Crewe.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Portrait_of_Robert_Crewe-Milnes%2C_1st_Marquess_of_Crewe.jpg/120px-Portrait_of_Robert_Crewe-Milnes%2C_1st_Marquess_of_Crewe.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1099" data-file-height="1629" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Crewe-Milnes,_1st_Marquess_of_Crewe" title="Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe">Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe</a> </td> <td>18 August 1916 </td> <td>10 December 1916 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Herbert_Fisher.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Herbert_Fisher.jpg/60px-Herbert_Fisher.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Herbert_Fisher.jpg/90px-Herbert_Fisher.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Herbert_Fisher.jpg/120px-Herbert_Fisher.jpg 2x" data-file-width="395" data-file-height="580" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/H._A._L._Fisher" title="H. A. L. Fisher">Herbert Fisher</a> </td> <td>10 December 1916 </td> <td>19 October 1922 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Lloyd_George" title="David Lloyd George">David Lloyd George</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Lloyd_George_ministry" title="Lloyd George ministry">Coalition</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1st_Earl_of_Halifax_1947.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/1st_Earl_of_Halifax_1947.jpg/60px-1st_Earl_of_Halifax_1947.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/1st_Earl_of_Halifax_1947.jpg/90px-1st_Earl_of_Halifax_1947.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/1st_Earl_of_Halifax_1947.jpg/120px-1st_Earl_of_Halifax_1947.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1382" data-file-height="1875" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Wood,_1st_Earl_of_Halifax" title="Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax">Edward Wood</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">24 October 1922 </td> <td rowspan="2">22 January 1924 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bonar_Law" title="Bonar Law">Bonar Law</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Baldwin" title="Stanley Baldwin">Stanley Baldwin</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1922_Charles_Trevelyan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/71/1922_Charles_Trevelyan.jpg/60px-1922_Charles_Trevelyan.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/71/1922_Charles_Trevelyan.jpg/90px-1922_Charles_Trevelyan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/71/1922_Charles_Trevelyan.jpg/120px-1922_Charles_Trevelyan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="617" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_Charles_Trevelyan,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir Charles Trevelyan, 3rd Baronet">Charles Trevelyan</a> </td> <td>22 January 1924 </td> <td>3 November 1924 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">Ramsay MacDonald</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Lord_Eustace_Percy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Portrait_of_Lord_Eustace_Percy.jpg/60px-Portrait_of_Lord_Eustace_Percy.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Portrait_of_Lord_Eustace_Percy.jpg/90px-Portrait_of_Lord_Eustace_Percy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Portrait_of_Lord_Eustace_Percy.jpg/120px-Portrait_of_Lord_Eustace_Percy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="984" data-file-height="1448" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eustace_Percy,_1st_Baron_Percy_of_Newcastle" title="Eustace Percy, 1st Baron Percy of Newcastle">Eustace Percy, 1st Baron Percy of Newcastle</a> </td> <td>6 November 1924 </td> <td>4 June 1929 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Baldwin" title="Stanley Baldwin">Stanley Baldwin</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1922_Charles_Trevelyan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/71/1922_Charles_Trevelyan.jpg/60px-1922_Charles_Trevelyan.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/71/1922_Charles_Trevelyan.jpg/90px-1922_Charles_Trevelyan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/71/1922_Charles_Trevelyan.jpg/120px-1922_Charles_Trevelyan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="617" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_Charles_Trevelyan,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir Charles Trevelyan, 3rd Baronet">Charles Trevelyan</a> </td> <td>7 June 1929 </td> <td>2 March 1931<br />(resigned) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">Ramsay MacDonald</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="40" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hastings_Lees-Smith" title="Hastings Lees-Smith">Hastings Lees-Smith</a> </td> <td>2 March 1931 </td> <td>24 August 1931 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1916_Sir_Donald_Maclean.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/82/1916_Sir_Donald_Maclean.jpg/60px-1916_Sir_Donald_Maclean.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/82/1916_Sir_Donald_Maclean.jpg/90px-1916_Sir_Donald_Maclean.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/82/1916_Sir_Donald_Maclean.jpg/120px-1916_Sir_Donald_Maclean.jpg 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="700" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Donald_Maclean_(British_politician)" title="Donald Maclean (British politician)">Donald Maclean</a> </td> <td>25 August 1931 </td> <td>15 June 1932<br />(died in office) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:green"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">Ramsay MacDonald</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/First_National_ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="First National ministry">1st</a> & <a href="/wiki/Second_National_ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Second National ministry">2nd National Min.</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1st_Earl_of_Halifax_1947.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/1st_Earl_of_Halifax_1947.jpg/60px-1st_Earl_of_Halifax_1947.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/1st_Earl_of_Halifax_1947.jpg/90px-1st_Earl_of_Halifax_1947.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/1st_Earl_of_Halifax_1947.jpg/120px-1st_Earl_of_Halifax_1947.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1382" data-file-height="1875" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edward_Wood,_1st_Earl_of_Halifax" title="Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax">Edward Wood, Lord Irwin<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Viscount Halifax from 1934)</span></a> </td> <td>15 June 1932 </td> <td>7 June 1935 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Oliver_Stanley.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Oliver_Stanley.png/60px-Oliver_Stanley.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Oliver_Stanley.png/90px-Oliver_Stanley.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Oliver_Stanley.png/120px-Oliver_Stanley.png 2x" data-file-width="542" data-file-height="723" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Stanley" title="Oliver Stanley">Oliver Stanley</a> </td> <td>7 June 1935 </td> <td>28 May 1937 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Baldwin" title="Stanley Baldwin">Stanley Baldwin</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Third_National_ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Third National ministry">3rd National Min.</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stanhope7.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Stanhope7.JPG/60px-Stanhope7.JPG" decoding="async" width="60" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Stanhope7.JPG/90px-Stanhope7.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Stanhope7.JPG/120px-Stanhope7.JPG 2x" data-file-width="609" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Stanhope,_7th_Earl_Stanhope" title="James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope">James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope</a> </td> <td>28 May 1937 </td> <td>27 October 1938 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Neville_Chamberlain" title="Neville Chamberlain">Neville Chamberlain</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Fourth_National_ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Fourth National ministry">4th National Min</a>;<br /><a href="/wiki/Chamberlain_war_ministry" title="Chamberlain war ministry">War Coalition</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:green"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lord_De_La_warr.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Lord_De_La_warr.jpg/60px-Lord_De_La_warr.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Lord_De_La_warr.jpg/90px-Lord_De_La_warr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Lord_De_La_warr.jpg/120px-Lord_De_La_warr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="767" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Herbrand_Sackville,_9th_Earl_De_La_Warr" title="Herbrand Sackville, 9th Earl De La Warr">Herbrand Sackville, 9th Earl De La Warr</a> </td> <td>27 October 1938 </td> <td>3 April 1940 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Labour_Organisation" title="National Labour Organisation">National Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Herwald_Ramsbotham,_1st_Viscount_Soulbury.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Herwald_Ramsbotham%2C_1st_Viscount_Soulbury.jpg/60px-Herwald_Ramsbotham%2C_1st_Viscount_Soulbury.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Herwald_Ramsbotham%2C_1st_Viscount_Soulbury.jpg/90px-Herwald_Ramsbotham%2C_1st_Viscount_Soulbury.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Herwald_Ramsbotham%2C_1st_Viscount_Soulbury.jpg/120px-Herwald_Ramsbotham%2C_1st_Viscount_Soulbury.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1660" data-file-height="2229" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Herwald_Ramsbotham,_1st_Viscount_Soulbury" title="Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury">Herwald Ramsbotham</a> </td> <td>3 April 1940 </td> <td>20 July 1941 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Churchill_war_ministry" title="Churchill war ministry">War Coalition</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard-Austen-Rab-Butler-1st-Baron-Butler-of-Saffron-Walden.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Richard-Austen-Rab-Butler-1st-Baron-Butler-of-Saffron-Walden.jpg/60px-Richard-Austen-Rab-Butler-1st-Baron-Butler-of-Saffron-Walden.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Richard-Austen-Rab-Butler-1st-Baron-Butler-of-Saffron-Walden.jpg/90px-Richard-Austen-Rab-Butler-1st-Baron-Butler-of-Saffron-Walden.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Richard-Austen-Rab-Butler-1st-Baron-Butler-of-Saffron-Walden.jpg/120px-Richard-Austen-Rab-Butler-1st-Baron-Butler-of-Saffron-Walden.jpg 2x" data-file-width="580" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rab_Butler" title="Rab Butler">R. A. Butler</a> </td> <td>20 July 1941 </td> <td>10 August 1944 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minister_of_Education_(1944–1964)"><span id="Minister_of_Education_.281944.E2.80.931964.29"></span>Minister of Education (1944–1964)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Education&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Minister of Education (1944–1964)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Colour key</b> (for political parties):<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#0087DC; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#E4003B; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></span> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3">Minister </th> <th colspan="2">Term of office </th> <th>Party </th> <th colspan="2">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard-Austen-Rab-Butler-1st-Baron-Butler-of-Saffron-Walden.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Richard-Austen-Rab-Butler-1st-Baron-Butler-of-Saffron-Walden.jpg/60px-Richard-Austen-Rab-Butler-1st-Baron-Butler-of-Saffron-Walden.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Richard-Austen-Rab-Butler-1st-Baron-Butler-of-Saffron-Walden.jpg/90px-Richard-Austen-Rab-Butler-1st-Baron-Butler-of-Saffron-Walden.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Richard-Austen-Rab-Butler-1st-Baron-Butler-of-Saffron-Walden.jpg/120px-Richard-Austen-Rab-Butler-1st-Baron-Butler-of-Saffron-Walden.jpg 2x" data-file-width="580" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rab_Butler" title="Rab Butler">R. A. Butler</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>10 August 1944 </td> <td>25 May 1945 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Churchill_war_ministry" title="Churchill war ministry">War Coalition</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lord_Coleraine.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Lord_Coleraine.jpg/60px-Lord_Coleraine.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Lord_Coleraine.jpg/90px-Lord_Coleraine.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Lord_Coleraine.jpg/120px-Lord_Coleraine.jpg 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Law,_1st_Baron_Coleraine" title="Richard Law, 1st Baron Coleraine">Richard Law</a> </td> <td>25 May 1945 </td> <td>26 July 1945 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Churchill_caretaker_ministry" title="Churchill caretaker ministry">Caretaker Min.</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ellen_Cicely_Wilkinson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Ellen_Cicely_Wilkinson.jpg/60px-Ellen_Cicely_Wilkinson.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Ellen_Cicely_Wilkinson.jpg/90px-Ellen_Cicely_Wilkinson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Ellen_Cicely_Wilkinson.jpg/120px-Ellen_Cicely_Wilkinson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="618" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ellen_Wilkinson" title="Ellen Wilkinson">Ellen Wilkinson</a> </td> <td>3 August 1945 </td> <td>6 February 1947<br />(died in office) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Clement_Attlee" title="Clement Attlee">Clement Attlee</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="40" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Tomlinson_(British_politician)" title="George Tomlinson (British politician)">George Tomlinson</a> </td> <td>10 February 1947 </td> <td>26 October 1951 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flo_horsbrugh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flo_horsbrugh.jpg/60px-Flo_horsbrugh.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flo_horsbrugh.jpg/90px-Flo_horsbrugh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flo_horsbrugh.jpg/120px-Flo_horsbrugh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Florence_Horsbrugh,_Baroness_Horsbrugh" title="Florence Horsbrugh, Baroness Horsbrugh">Florence Horsbrugh</a> </td> <td>2 November 1951 </td> <td>18 October 1954 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Eccles_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/David_Eccles_crop.jpg/60px-David_Eccles_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/David_Eccles_crop.jpg/90px-David_Eccles_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/David_Eccles_crop.jpg/120px-David_Eccles_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="152" data-file-height="190" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/David_Eccles,_1st_Viscount_Eccles" title="David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles">David Eccles</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">18 October 1954 </td> <td rowspan="2">13 January 1957 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Eden" title="Anthony Eden">Anthony Eden</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Quintin_Hogg,_Baron_Hailsham_Allan_Warren.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Quintin_Hogg%2C_Baron_Hailsham_Allan_Warren.jpg/60px-Quintin_Hogg%2C_Baron_Hailsham_Allan_Warren.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Quintin_Hogg%2C_Baron_Hailsham_Allan_Warren.jpg/90px-Quintin_Hogg%2C_Baron_Hailsham_Allan_Warren.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Quintin_Hogg%2C_Baron_Hailsham_Allan_Warren.jpg/120px-Quintin_Hogg%2C_Baron_Hailsham_Allan_Warren.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1838" data-file-height="2553" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Quintin_Hogg,_Baron_Hailsham_of_St_Marylebone" title="Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone">Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone</a> </td> <td>13 January 1957 </td> <td>17 September 1957 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Macmillan" title="Harold Macmillan">Harold Macmillan</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="40" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Lloyd,_Baron_Geoffrey-Lloyd" title="Geoffrey Lloyd, Baron Geoffrey-Lloyd">Geoffrey Lloyd</a> </td> <td>17 September 1957 </td> <td>14 October 1959 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Eccles_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/David_Eccles_crop.jpg/60px-David_Eccles_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/David_Eccles_crop.jpg/90px-David_Eccles_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/David_Eccles_crop.jpg/120px-David_Eccles_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="152" data-file-height="190" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Eccles,_1st_Viscount_Eccles" title="David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles">David Eccles</a> </td> <td>14 October 1959 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Night_of_the_Long_Knives_(1962)" title="Night of the Long Knives (1962)">13 July 1962</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="40" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Boyle,_Baron_Boyle_of_Handsworth" title="Edward Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth">Edward Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Night_of_the_Long_Knives_(1962)" title="Night of the Long Knives (1962)">13 July 1962</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">1 April 1964 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alec_Douglas-Home" title="Alec Douglas-Home">Alec Douglas-Home</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Secretary_of_State_for_Education_and_Science_(1964–1992)"><span id="Secretary_of_State_for_Education_and_Science_.281964.E2.80.931992.29"></span>Secretary of State for Education and Science (1964–1992)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Education&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Secretary of State for Education and Science (1964–1992)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Colour key</b> (for political parties):<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#0087DC; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#E4003B; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></span> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3">Secretary of State </th> <th colspan="2">Term of office </th> <th>Party </th> <th colspan="2">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Quintin_Hogg,_Baron_Hailsham_Allan_Warren.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Quintin_Hogg%2C_Baron_Hailsham_Allan_Warren.jpg/60px-Quintin_Hogg%2C_Baron_Hailsham_Allan_Warren.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Quintin_Hogg%2C_Baron_Hailsham_Allan_Warren.jpg/90px-Quintin_Hogg%2C_Baron_Hailsham_Allan_Warren.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Quintin_Hogg%2C_Baron_Hailsham_Allan_Warren.jpg/120px-Quintin_Hogg%2C_Baron_Hailsham_Allan_Warren.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1838" data-file-height="2553" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Quintin_Hogg,_Baron_Hailsham_of_St_Marylebone" title="Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone">Quintin Hogg<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(formerly Viscount Hailsham)</span></a> </td> <td>1 April 1964 </td> <td>16 October 1964 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alec_Douglas-Home" title="Alec Douglas-Home">Alec Douglas-Home</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Stewart_(1966).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Michael_Stewart_%281966%29.jpg/60px-Michael_Stewart_%281966%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Michael_Stewart_%281966%29.jpg/90px-Michael_Stewart_%281966%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Michael_Stewart_%281966%29.jpg/120px-Michael_Stewart_%281966%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="325" data-file-height="374" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Stewart,_Baron_Stewart_of_Fulham" title="Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham">Michael Stewart</a> </td> <td>18 October 1964 </td> <td>22 January 1965 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Wilson" title="Harold Wilson">Harold Wilson</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles-Anthony-Raven-Crosland_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Charles-Anthony-Raven-Crosland_%28cropped%29.jpg/60px-Charles-Anthony-Raven-Crosland_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Charles-Anthony-Raven-Crosland_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-Charles-Anthony-Raven-Crosland_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Charles-Anthony-Raven-Crosland_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Charles-Anthony-Raven-Crosland_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="590" data-file-height="687" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Crosland" title="Anthony Crosland">Anthony Crosland</a> </td> <td>22 January 1965 </td> <td>29 August 1967 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Patrick_Gordon_Walker.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Patrick_Gordon_Walker.jpg/60px-Patrick_Gordon_Walker.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Patrick_Gordon_Walker.jpg/90px-Patrick_Gordon_Walker.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Patrick_Gordon_Walker.jpg/120px-Patrick_Gordon_Walker.jpg 2x" data-file-width="312" data-file-height="448" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Gordon_Walker" title="Patrick Gordon Walker">Patrick Gordon Walker</a> </td> <td>29 August 1967 </td> <td>6 April 1968 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="40" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edward_Short,_Baron_Glenamara" title="Edward Short, Baron Glenamara">Edward Short</a> </td> <td>6 April 1968 </td> <td>19 June 1970 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Thatcher-loc.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Thatcher-loc.jpg/60px-Thatcher-loc.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Thatcher-loc.jpg/90px-Thatcher-loc.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Thatcher-loc.jpg/120px-Thatcher-loc.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1606" data-file-height="1913" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-worst_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-worst-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>20 June 1970 </td> <td>4 March 1974 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edward_Heath" title="Edward Heath">Edward Heath</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="40" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reginald_Prentice" class="mw-redirect" title="Reginald Prentice">Reginald Prentice</a><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>5 March 1974 </td> <td>9 June 1975 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Wilson" title="Harold Wilson">Harold Wilson</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fred_Mulley.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Fred_Mulley.PNG/60px-Fred_Mulley.PNG" decoding="async" width="60" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Fred_Mulley.PNG/90px-Fred_Mulley.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Fred_Mulley.PNG/120px-Fred_Mulley.PNG 2x" data-file-width="563" data-file-height="735" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Fred_Mulley" title="Fred Mulley">Fred Mulley</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2">10 June 1975 </td> <td rowspan="2">9 September 1976 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/James_Callaghan" title="James Callaghan">James Callaghan</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shirley_Williams,_1984.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Shirley_Williams%2C_1984.jpg/60px-Shirley_Williams%2C_1984.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Shirley_Williams%2C_1984.jpg/90px-Shirley_Williams%2C_1984.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Shirley_Williams%2C_1984.jpg/120px-Shirley_Williams%2C_1984.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1140" data-file-height="1544" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Williams" title="Shirley Williams">Shirley Williams</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>10 September 1976 </td> <td>4 May 1979 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="40" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Carlisle" title="Mark Carlisle">Mark Carlisle</a> </td> <td>5 May 1979 </td> <td>14 September 1981 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td rowspan="5" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="40" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Keith_Joseph" title="Keith Joseph">Keith Joseph</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>14 September 1981 </td> <td>20 May 1986 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Lord_Baker_of_Dorking_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Baker_of_Dorking_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Baker_of_Dorking_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Baker_of_Dorking_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Baker_of_Dorking_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Official_portrait_of_Lord_Baker_of_Dorking_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_Baker_of_Dorking_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1554" data-file-height="2072" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Baker,_Baron_Baker_of_Dorking" title="Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking">Kenneth Baker</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>21 May 1986 </td> <td>23 July 1989 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Lord_MacGregor_of_Pulham_Market_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Official_portrait_of_Lord_MacGregor_of_Pulham_Market_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_MacGregor_of_Pulham_Market_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Official_portrait_of_Lord_MacGregor_of_Pulham_Market_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_MacGregor_of_Pulham_Market_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Official_portrait_of_Lord_MacGregor_of_Pulham_Market_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Lord_MacGregor_of_Pulham_Market_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1554" data-file-height="2072" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_MacGregor,_Baron_MacGregor_of_Pulham_Market" title="John MacGregor, Baron MacGregor of Pulham Market">John MacGregor</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>24 July 1989 </td> <td>1 November 1990 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Mr_Kenneth_Clarke_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Official_portrait_of_Mr_Kenneth_Clarke_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Mr_Kenneth_Clarke_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Official_portrait_of_Mr_Kenneth_Clarke_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Mr_Kenneth_Clarke_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Official_portrait_of_Mr_Kenneth_Clarke_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Mr_Kenneth_Clarke_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1554" data-file-height="2072" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Clarke" title="Kenneth Clarke">Kenneth Clarke</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2">2 November 1990 </td> <td rowspan="2">9 April 1992 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Major" title="John Major">John Major</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Secretary_of_State_for_Education_(1992–1995)"><span id="Secretary_of_State_for_Education_.281992.E2.80.931995.29"></span>Secretary of State for Education (1992–1995)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Education&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Secretary of State for Education (1992–1995)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Colour key</b> (for political parties):<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#0087DC; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></span> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3">Secretary of State </th> <th colspan="2">Term of office </th> <th>Party </th> <th colspan="2">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="40" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Patten,_Baron_Patten" title="John Patten, Baron Patten">John Patten</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>10 April 1992 </td> <td>20 July 1994 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/John_Major" title="John Major">John Major</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Shephard_of_Northwold_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Shephard_of_Northwold_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Shephard_of_Northwold_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Shephard_of_Northwold_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Shephard_of_Northwold_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Shephard_of_Northwold_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Shephard_of_Northwold_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1554" data-file-height="2072" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gillian_Shephard" title="Gillian Shephard">Gillian Shephard</a><sup id="cite_ref-Shephard_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shephard-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>20 July 1994 </td> <td>5 July 1995 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Secretary_of_State_for_Education_and_Employment_(1995–2001)"><span id="Secretary_of_State_for_Education_and_Employment_.281995.E2.80.932001.29"></span>Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1995–2001)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Education&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1995–2001)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Colour key</b> (for political parties):<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#0087DC; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#E4003B; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></span> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3">Secretary of State </th> <th colspan="2">Term of office </th> <th>Party </th> <th colspan="2">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Shephard_of_Northwold_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Shephard_of_Northwold_crop_2.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Shephard_of_Northwold_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Shephard_of_Northwold_crop_2.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Shephard_of_Northwold_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Shephard_of_Northwold_crop_2.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Shephard_of_Northwold_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1554" data-file-height="2072" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gillian_Shephard" title="Gillian Shephard">Gillian Shephard</a><sup id="cite_ref-Shephard_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shephard-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>5 July 1995 </td> <td>1 May 1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Major" title="John Major">John Major</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_Portrait_of_Lord_Blunkett_crop_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Official_Portrait_of_Lord_Blunkett_crop_1.jpg/60px-Official_Portrait_of_Lord_Blunkett_crop_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Official_Portrait_of_Lord_Blunkett_crop_1.jpg/90px-Official_Portrait_of_Lord_Blunkett_crop_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Official_Portrait_of_Lord_Blunkett_crop_1.jpg/120px-Official_Portrait_of_Lord_Blunkett_crop_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Blunkett" title="David Blunkett">David Blunkett</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1 May 1997 </td> <td>8 June 2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Secretary_of_State_for_Education_and_Skills_(2001–2007)"><span id="Secretary_of_State_for_Education_and_Skills_.282001.E2.80.932007.29"></span>Secretary of State for Education and Skills (2001–2007)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Education&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Secretary of State for Education and Skills (2001–2007)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Colour key</b> (for political parties):<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#E4003B; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></span> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3">Secretary of State </th> <th colspan="2">Term of office </th> <th>Party </th> <th colspan="2">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Morris_of_Yardley_crop_2,_2019.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Morris_of_Yardley_crop_2%2C_2019.jpg/60px-Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Morris_of_Yardley_crop_2%2C_2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Morris_of_Yardley_crop_2%2C_2019.jpg/90px-Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Morris_of_Yardley_crop_2%2C_2019.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Morris_of_Yardley_crop_2%2C_2019.jpg/120px-Official_portrait_of_Baroness_Morris_of_Yardley_crop_2%2C_2019.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Estelle_Morris" title="Estelle Morris">Estelle Morris</a><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>8 June 2001 </td> <td>24 October 2002<br />(resigned) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CharlesClarke2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/CharlesClarke2014.jpg/60px-CharlesClarke2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/CharlesClarke2014.jpg/90px-CharlesClarke2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/CharlesClarke2014.jpg/120px-CharlesClarke2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3439" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Clarke" title="Charles Clarke">Charles Clarke</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>24 October 2002 </td> <td>15 December 2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RuthKellyMP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/RuthKellyMP.jpg/60px-RuthKellyMP.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/RuthKellyMP.jpg/90px-RuthKellyMP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/RuthKellyMP.jpg/120px-RuthKellyMP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="536" data-file-height="671" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Kelly" title="Ruth Kelly">Ruth Kelly</a><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>15 December 2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2006_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="2006 British cabinet reshuffle">5 May 2006</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alan_Johnson_MP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Alan_Johnson_MP.jpg/60px-Alan_Johnson_MP.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Alan_Johnson_MP.jpg/90px-Alan_Johnson_MP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Alan_Johnson_MP.jpg/120px-Alan_Johnson_MP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2039" data-file-height="2864" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alan_Johnson" title="Alan Johnson">Alan Johnson</a><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2006_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="2006 British cabinet reshuffle">5 May 2006</a> </td> <td>28 June 2007 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Secretaries_of_State_for_Children,_Schools_and_Families_(2007–2010);_and_Innovation,_Universities_and_Skills_(2007–2009)"><span id="Secretaries_of_State_for_Children.2C_Schools_and_Families_.282007.E2.80.932010.29.3B_and_Innovation.2C_Universities_and_Skills_.282007.E2.80.932009.29"></span>Secretaries of State for Children, Schools and Families (2007–2010); and Innovation, Universities and Skills (2007–2009)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Education&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Secretaries of State for Children, Schools and Families (2007–2010); and Innovation, Universities and Skills (2007–2009)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2007, the education portfolio was divided between the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Children,_Schools_and_Families" title="Department for Children, Schools and Families">Department for Children, Schools and Families</a> (responsible for infant, primary and secondary education) and the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Innovation,_Universities_and_Skills" title="Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills">Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills</a> (responsible for further, higher and adult education). In 2009, the latter department was merged into the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Business,_Innovation_and_Skills" title="Department for Business, Innovation and Skills">Department for Business, Innovation and Skills</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Secretary_of_State_for_Children,_Schools_and_Families"><span id="Secretary_of_State_for_Children.2C_Schools_and_Families"></span>Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Education&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Children,_Schools_and_Families" title="Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families">Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families</a></div> <div class="excerpt-block"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066933788">.mw-parser-output .excerpt-hat .mw-editsection-like{font-style:normal}</style><div class="excerpt"> <p>Colour key (for political parties):<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#E4003B; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#E4003B; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Labour_and_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour and Co-operative">Labour Co-op</a></span> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th>Portrait </th> <th colspan="2">Term of office </th> <th>Length of term </th> <th>Political party </th> <th colspan="2">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Ed_Balls" title="Ed Balls">Ed Balls</a><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ed_Balls_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Ed_Balls_2.jpg/60px-Ed_Balls_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Ed_Balls_2.jpg/90px-Ed_Balls_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Ed_Balls_2.jpg/120px-Ed_Balls_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2208" data-file-height="2944" /></a></span> </td> <td>28 June 2007 </td> <td>11 May 2010 </td> <td>2 years, 10 months and 13 days </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_and_Co-operative" class="mw-redirect" title="Labour and Co-operative">Labour Co-op</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Secretary_of_State_for_Innovation,_Universities_and_Skills"><span id="Secretary_of_State_for_Innovation.2C_Universities_and_Skills"></span>Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Education&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Innovation,_Universities_and_Skills" title="Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills">Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills</a></div> <div class="excerpt-block"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066933788"><div class="excerpt"> <p>Colour key (for political parties):<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#E4003B; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></span> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Name </th> <th>Portrait </th> <th colspan="2">Term of office </th> <th>Length of term </th> <th>Political party </th> <th colspan="2">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background-color: #E4003B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Denham_(politician)" title="John Denham (politician)">John Denham</a><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Denham.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/John_Denham.jpg/70px-John_Denham.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/John_Denham.jpg/105px-John_Denham.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/John_Denham.jpg/140px-John_Denham.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1601" data-file-height="1996" /></a></span> </td> <td>28 June 2007 </td> <td>5 June 2009 </td> <td>1 year, 11 months and 8 days </td> <td width="100"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Secretary_of_State_for_Education_(2010–present)"><span id="Secretary_of_State_for_Education_.282010.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Secretary of State for Education (2010–present)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Education&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Secretary of State for Education (2010–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Education" title="Department for Education">Department for Education</a> and the post of Secretary of State for Education were recreated in 2010. </p><p>Responsibility for higher and adult education remained with the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Business,_Innovation_and_Skills" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills">Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills</a> (<a href="/wiki/Vince_Cable" title="Vince Cable">Vince Cable</a> 2010–2015, <a href="/wiki/Sajid_Javid" title="Sajid Javid">Sajid Javid</a> 2015–2016), until reunited with the Department for Education in 2016. </p><p><b>Colour key</b> (for political parties):<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#0087DC; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></span> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3">Secretary of State </th> <th colspan="2">Term of office </th> <th>Party </th> <th colspan="2">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Gove_Minister.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Michael_Gove_Minister.jpg/64px-Michael_Gove_Minister.jpg" decoding="async" width="64" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Michael_Gove_Minister.jpg/96px-Michael_Gove_Minister.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Michael_Gove_Minister.jpg/128px-Michael_Gove_Minister.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2598" data-file-height="3900" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gove" title="Michael Gove">Michael Gove</a><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />(<a href="/wiki/Michael_Gove%27s_tenure_as_Education_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Gove's tenure as Education Secretary">tenure</a>) </td> <td>12 May 2010 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="2014 British cabinet reshuffle">15 July 2014</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Cameron%E2%80%93Clegg_coalition" title="Cameron–Clegg coalition">Coalition</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Morgan_of_Cotes.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Morgan_of_Cotes.jpg/64px-Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Morgan_of_Cotes.jpg" decoding="async" width="64" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Morgan_of_Cotes.jpg/97px-Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Morgan_of_Cotes.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Morgan_of_Cotes.jpg/129px-Official_Portrait_of_Baroness_Morgan_of_Cotes.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Nicky_Morgan" title="Nicky Morgan">Nicky Morgan</a><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2014_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="2014 British cabinet reshuffle">15 July 2014</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/First_May_ministry" title="First May ministry">13 July 2016</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Second_Cameron_ministry" title="Second Cameron ministry">II</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Justine_Greening_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Official_portrait_of_Justine_Greening_crop_2.jpg/64px-Official_portrait_of_Justine_Greening_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="64" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Official_portrait_of_Justine_Greening_crop_2.jpg/97px-Official_portrait_of_Justine_Greening_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Official_portrait_of_Justine_Greening_crop_2.jpg/129px-Official_portrait_of_Justine_Greening_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1554" data-file-height="2072" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Justine_Greening" title="Justine Greening">Justine Greening</a><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/First_May_ministry" title="First May ministry">14 July 2016</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2018_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="2018 British cabinet reshuffle">8 January 2018</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC; border-bottom:solid 0 gray"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/First_May_ministry" title="First May ministry">I</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#0087DC; border-top:solid 0 gray"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Theresa_May" title="Theresa May">Theresa May</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Second_May_ministry" title="Second May ministry">II</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Damian_Hinds_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Official_portrait_of_Damian_Hinds_MP_crop_2.jpg/64px-Official_portrait_of_Damian_Hinds_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="64" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Official_portrait_of_Damian_Hinds_MP_crop_2.jpg/97px-Official_portrait_of_Damian_Hinds_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Official_portrait_of_Damian_Hinds_MP_crop_2.jpg/129px-Official_portrait_of_Damian_Hinds_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Damian_Hinds" title="Damian Hinds">Damian Hinds</a><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="2018 British cabinet reshuffle">8 January 2018</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Johnson_ministry" title="First Johnson ministry">24 July 2019</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Gavin_Williamson_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Gavin_Williamson_MP_crop_2.jpg/64px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Gavin_Williamson_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="64" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Gavin_Williamson_MP_crop_2.jpg/97px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Gavin_Williamson_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Gavin_Williamson_MP_crop_2.jpg/129px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Gavin_Williamson_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Williamson" title="Gavin Williamson">Gavin Williamson</a><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/First_Johnson_ministry" title="First Johnson ministry">24 July 2019</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2021_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="2021 British cabinet reshuffle">15 September 2021</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/First_Johnson_ministry" title="First Johnson ministry">I</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Second_Johnson_ministry" title="Second Johnson ministry">II</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Nadhim_Zahawi_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Official_portrait_of_Nadhim_Zahawi_MP_crop_2.jpg/64px-Official_portrait_of_Nadhim_Zahawi_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="64" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Official_portrait_of_Nadhim_Zahawi_MP_crop_2.jpg/97px-Official_portrait_of_Nadhim_Zahawi_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Official_portrait_of_Nadhim_Zahawi_MP_crop_2.jpg/129px-Official_portrait_of_Nadhim_Zahawi_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nadhim_Zahawi" title="Nadhim Zahawi">Nadhim Zahawi</a><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2021_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="2021 British cabinet reshuffle">15 September 2021</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/July_2022_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="July 2022 British cabinet reshuffle">5 July 2022</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Michelle_Donelan_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Official_portrait_of_Michelle_Donelan_MP_crop_2.jpg/64px-Official_portrait_of_Michelle_Donelan_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="64" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Official_portrait_of_Michelle_Donelan_MP_crop_2.jpg/97px-Official_portrait_of_Michelle_Donelan_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Official_portrait_of_Michelle_Donelan_MP_crop_2.jpg/129px-Official_portrait_of_Michelle_Donelan_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Donelan" title="Michelle Donelan">Michelle Donelan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/July_2022_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="July 2022 British cabinet reshuffle">5 July 2022</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/July_2022_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="July 2022 British cabinet reshuffle">7 July 2022</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_James_Cleverly_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_James_Cleverly_MP_crop_2.jpg/64px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_James_Cleverly_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="64" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_James_Cleverly_MP_crop_2.jpg/97px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_James_Cleverly_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_James_Cleverly_MP_crop_2.jpg/129px-Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_James_Cleverly_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Cleverly" title="James Cleverly">James Cleverly</a><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/July_2022_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="July 2022 British cabinet reshuffle">7 July 2022</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Truss_ministry" title="Truss ministry">6 September 2022</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Kit_Malthouse_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A white man with brown hair and a blue suit" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Official_portrait_of_Kit_Malthouse_crop_2.jpg/64px-Official_portrait_of_Kit_Malthouse_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="64" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Official_portrait_of_Kit_Malthouse_crop_2.jpg/96px-Official_portrait_of_Kit_Malthouse_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Official_portrait_of_Kit_Malthouse_crop_2.jpg/127px-Official_portrait_of_Kit_Malthouse_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1554" data-file-height="2072" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kit_Malthouse" title="Kit Malthouse">Kit Malthouse</a><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Truss_ministry" title="Truss ministry">6 September 2022</a> </td> <td>25 October 2022 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss">Liz Truss</a> <br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Truss_ministry" title="Truss ministry">Truss ministry</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Gillian_Keegan_MP_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Official_portrait_of_Gillian_Keegan_MP_crop_2.jpg/64px-Official_portrait_of_Gillian_Keegan_MP_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="64" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Official_portrait_of_Gillian_Keegan_MP_crop_2.jpg/96px-Official_portrait_of_Gillian_Keegan_MP_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Official_portrait_of_Gillian_Keegan_MP_crop_2.jpg/128px-Official_portrait_of_Gillian_Keegan_MP_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gillian_Keegan" title="Gillian Keegan">Gillian Keegan</a> </td> <td>25 October 2022 </td> <td>5 July 2024 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rishi_Sunak" title="Rishi Sunak">Rishi Sunak</a> <br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Sunak_ministry" title="Sunak ministry">Sunak ministry</a>)</span> </td></tr> <tr style="height:1em"> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_portrait_of_Bridget_Phillipson_crop_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Official_portrait_of_Bridget_Phillipson_crop_2.jpg/64px-Official_portrait_of_Bridget_Phillipson_crop_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="64" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Official_portrait_of_Bridget_Phillipson_crop_2.jpg/96px-Official_portrait_of_Bridget_Phillipson_crop_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Official_portrait_of_Bridget_Phillipson_crop_2.jpg/128px-Official_portrait_of_Bridget_Phillipson_crop_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1554" data-file-height="2072" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bridget_Phillipson" title="Bridget Phillipson">Bridget Phillipson</a> </td> <td>5 July 2024 </td> <td>Incumbent </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Keir_Starmer" title="Keir Starmer">Keir Starmer</a> <br /> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Starmer_ministry" title="Starmer ministry">I</a>)</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>* Incumbent's length of term last updated: 24 November 2024. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Timeline_of_education_secretaries">Timeline of education secretaries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretary_of_State_for_Education&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Timeline of education secretaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div 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media)">Tweet</a>) – via <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Rt+Hon+James+Cleverly+MP+%40JamesCleverly+has+been+appointed+Secretary+of+State+for+Education+%40educationgovuk.&rft.date=2022-07-07&rft.au=10DowningStreet&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2F10DowningStreet%2Fstatus%2F1544996327418986755&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASecretary+of+State+for+Education" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREF10DowningStreet2022" class="citation web cs1">@10DowningStreet (6 September 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://x.com/10DowningStreet/status/1567254103981543429">"The Rt Hon Kit Malthouse MP @KitMalthouse as 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href="/wiki/Jack_Pease,_1st_Baron_Gainford" title="Jack Pease, 1st Baron Gainford">Pease</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Henderson" title="Arthur Henderson">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Crewe-Milnes,_1st_Marquess_of_Crewe" title="Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe">Crewe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._A._L._Fisher" title="H. A. L. Fisher">Fisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Wood,_1st_Earl_of_Halifax" title="Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax">Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Charles_Trevelyan,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir Charles Trevelyan, 3rd Baronet">Trevelyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eustace_Percy,_1st_Baron_Percy_of_Newcastle" title="Eustace Percy, 1st Baron Percy of Newcastle">Percy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Charles_Trevelyan,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir Charles Trevelyan, 3rd Baronet">Trevelyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hastings_Lees-Smith" title="Hastings Lees-Smith">Lees-Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Maclean_(British_politician)" title="Donald Maclean (British politician)">Maclean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Wood,_1st_Earl_of_Halifax" title="Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax">Irwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Stanley" title="Oliver Stanley">Stanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Stanhope,_7th_Earl_Stanhope" title="James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope">Stanhope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbrand_Sackville,_9th_Earl_De_La_Warr" title="Herbrand Sackville, 9th Earl De La Warr">De La Warr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herwald_Ramsbotham,_1st_Viscount_Soulbury" title="Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury">Soulbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rab_Butler" title="Rab Butler">Butler</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_(2022,_lesser_arms).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg/85px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%282022%2C_lesser_arms%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="85" height="75" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/Ellen_Wilkinson" title="Ellen Wilkinson">Wilkinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Tomlinson_(British_politician)" title="George Tomlinson (British politician)">Tomlinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence_Horsbrugh,_Baroness_Horsbrugh" title="Florence Horsbrugh, Baroness Horsbrugh">Horsbrugh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Eccles,_1st_Viscount_Eccles" title="David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles">Eccles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quintin_Hogg,_Baron_Hailsham_of_St_Marylebone" title="Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone">Hailsham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Lloyd,_Baron_Geoffrey-Lloyd" title="Geoffrey Lloyd, Baron Geoffrey-Lloyd">Lloyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Eccles,_1st_Viscount_Eccles" title="David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles">Eccles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Boyle,_Baron_Boyle_of_Handsworth" title="Edward Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth">Boyle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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