Department for Education

Department for Education
Logo of the Department for Education
Department overview
Formed	2010
Preceding Department	Department for Children, Schools and Families
Jurisdiction	England
Headquarters	London, England
Minister responsible	Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for Education
Website
http://www.education.gov.uk/

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The Department for Education (DfE) is a department of the UK government responsible for issues affecting people in England up to the age of 19, including child protection and education.

A Department for Education previously existed between 1992, when the Department of Education and Science was renamed, and 1995 when it was merged with the Department for Employment to become the Department for Education and Employment.

History

The DfE was formed on 12 May 2010 by the incoming Conservative/LibDem coalition government taking on the responsibilities and resources of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Predecessor bodies

See also: Secretary of State for Education

• Committee of the Privy Council on Education, 1839–1899
• Education Department, 1856–1899
• Board of Education, 1899–1944
• Ministry of Education, 1944–1964
• Department of Education and Science, 1964–1992
• Department for Education, 1992–1995
• Department for Education and Employment (DfEE), 1995–2001
• Department for Education and Skills (DfES), 2001–2007
• Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), 2007–2010

Responsibilities

The department is led by the Secretary of State, currently Michael Gove. The Permanent Secretary is David Bell. DfE is directly responsible for state schools in England. The predecessor department employed the equivalent of 2,695 staff as of April 2008 and planned to reduce to 2,620 by the end of April 2009.^[1]

Ministers

The Department for Education's Ministers are as follows: ^[2]

Minister		Rank	Portfolio
	The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP	Secretary of State	Overall responsibility
	Sarah Teather MP	Minister of State	Children and families
	Nick Gibb MP	Minister of State	Schools
	John Hayes MP	Minister of State	Further education, skills and lifelong learning
	Tim Loughton MP	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Children and young families
	Lord Hill of Oareford CBE	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State	Schools (including academies)

Key		Conservative
		Liberal Democrat

John Hayes works jointly between the department and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.^[3]

Executive board

As of 1 September 2009 (2009 -09-01)^[update] the executive board:^{[citation needed]}

• Permanent Secretary - David Bell
• Director-General for Children and Families - Tom Jeffery
• Director-General for Schools - Jon Coles
• Director-General for Young People - Lesley Longstone
• Director-General for Corporate Services - Sue Higgins
• Director of Communications - James Frayne

Locations

As of May 2010^[update], the DfE has four main sites:^{[citation needed]}

• Castle View House, Runcorn
• 2 St Paul's Place, Sheffield
• Mowden Hall, Darlington
• Sanctuary Buildings, London

Devolution

Education, youth and children's policy is devolved elsewhere in the UK. The department's main devolved counterparts are as follows:

Scotland

Scottish Government Education Directorates

Northern Ireland

• Department of Education
• Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister (children and young people) ^[4]

Wales

References

1. ^ DCSF Annual Report
2. ^ Cabinet Office List of Government Departments and Ministers: Department for Education
3. ^ Ministers: John Hayes MP
4. ^ OFMDFM Children and young people

External links

• Department for Education
• Official department YouTube channel
• Official Flickr presence