Department for Education

Gillian is currently serving as the Secretary of State for Education

The Secretary of State is responsible for the work of the Department for Education, including:

early years
children’s social care
teacher quality, recruitment and retention
the school curriculum
school improvement
academies and free schools
further education
apprenticeships and skills
higher education

News

Gillian Gives Live Update on Teachers' Strike

Wednesday, 1 February, 2023

This morning, Gillian spoke to TalkTV's Julia Hartley-Brewer on a number of issues, including teachers' strikes. Check out the full interview above. For more general updates, keep an eye on Gillian's website and her Facebook page.

Notice: Notice to improve: Woodcote High School

A notice to improve issued to Woodcote High School by the Education and Skills Funding Agency.

Guidance: Apprenticeship funding rules

The rules employers and training providers must follow to get funding for training and assessing apprentices in England.

Transparency data: Leaving care allowance uplift: section 31 grant determination letter

Grant determination letter confirming £1,000 increase to the leaving care allowance from April 2023.

Statutory guidance: Schemes for financing schools

Statutory guidance for local authorities on producing and amending school financing schemes.

Press release: Review of relationships, sex and health education to protect children to conclude by end of year

Review to be informed by expert panel, in response to concerning reports of inappropriate content being taught

Guidance: National Careers Service community-based contracts funding rules

Sets out the funding rules for the community-based contracts for the National Careers Service.

Guidance: Full-time enrolment of 14- to 16-year-olds in further education and sixth-form colleges

Information for further education and sixth-form colleges directly enrolling 14- to 16-year-olds for the 2023 to 2024 academic year.

Correspondence: Multiply funding: S31 grant determination (ring-fenced) letter

Letter to local authorities setting out Multiply grant funding for the financial year 2022 to 2023.

Guidance: Multiply local allocations: quarterly progress report

Quarterly reporting guidance and form for local areas using Multiply funding to improve adult numeracy skills.

Guidance: Pupil premium

Information on pupil premium funding, how school leaders can use it effectively and pupil premium strategy statements.