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United Kingdom
Minister of State for School Standards
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Incumbent
Georgia Gould
since 6 September 2025
Department for Education
StyleMinister
NominatorPrime Minister of the United Kingdom
AppointerThe Monarch
on advice of the Prime Minister
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Websitehttps://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state-for-schools

The role of Minister of State for School Standards,[1] formerly Minister of State for Schools[2] is a mid-level position in the Department for Education in the British government.

The current minister is Georgia Gould

History

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In the Major ministries, the role was known as Minister of State for Education and Science and Minister of State for Education.

In the Brown ministry (2007 to 2010), the position of Minister of State for Schools and Learning worked at the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

In the Cameron ministries, the role was known as Minister of State for Schools.

Under Liz Truss's tenure, the role was demoted to a parliamentary under-secretary position known as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for School Standards.[3][4]

Responsibilities

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The minister is responsible for the following:[5]

  • recruitment and retention of teachers and school leaders (including initial teacher training, qualifications and professional development)
  • supporting a high-quality teaching profession and reducing teacher workload
  • Teaching Regulation Agency
  • admissions and school transport
  • school revenue funding, including the national funding formula for schools
  • curriculum and qualifications (including links with Ofqual)
  • Standards and Testing Agency and primary assessment
  • school accountability and inspection (including links with Ofsted)
  • support for raising school standards
  • school sport
  • pupil premium
  • relationships, sex, and health education; and personal, social, health and economic education
  • behaviour and attendance and exclusions
  • early education curriculum and teaching quality
  • coronavirus (COVID-19) response for schools

List of ministers

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Name Portrait Took office Left office Political party Prime Minister
Minister of State, Education and Science
Angela Rumbold

MP for Mitcham and Morden

June 1987 24 July 1990 Conservative Margaret Thatcher

(Third Thatcher ministry)

Tim Eggar

MP for Enfield North

24 July 1990 14 April 1992 Conservative John Major

(First Major ministry)

Emily Blatch, Baroness Blatch 14 April 1992 20 July 1994 Conservative John Major

(