The Fair Admissions Campaign aims to abolish the faith-based selection of pupils in state funded schools in England and Wales.
23-571: The Fair Admissions Campaign aims to open all state funded schools in England and Wales to all pupils regardless of the religion of pupils or their parents and views the current admissions system as unfair. Although some of the supporting members of the Fair Admissions Campaign are opposed to state-funded faith schools the Fair Admissions Campaign itself is not. Many of the organizations which would later become supporting members of
46-1104: A reshuffle to the Department for Work and Pensions . On 7 July 2022, Michelle Donelan became the shortest-serving cabinet member in British history, when she resigned as Education Secretary 35 hours after being appointed. Colour key (for political parties): Whig Conservative Liberal Colour key (for political parties): Liberal Unionist Conservative Liberal Labour National Labour Colour key (for political parties): Conservative Labour Colour key (for political parties): Conservative Labour Colour key (for political parties): Conservative Colour key (for political parties): Conservative Labour Colour key (for political parties): Labour In 2007,
69-500: A Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, under two new secretaries of state. 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 Peter Mandelson , made a peer and given the title Lord Mandelson as the newly created Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills – itself an amalgamation of
92-559: Is also scrutinised by the Education Select Committee . The current education secretary is Bridget Phillipson . Corresponding to what is generally known as an education minister in many other countries, the education secretary's remit is concerned primarily with England . This includes: A committee of the Privy Council was appointed in 1839 to supervise the distribution of certain government grants in
115-891: Is supported by both local and national organizations including the Accord Coalition , the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, the British Humanist Association, British Muslims for Secular Democracy , ICoCo Foundation, the Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education , Ekklesia , the Hindu Academy, the Liberal Democrat Education Association, Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign, the Runnymede Trust ,
138-564: The Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 , a maximum of 21 secretaries of state can receive a salary. Secretaries of state and other government ministers are appointed by the Monarch exercising royal prerogative on the advice of the government. By convention secretaries of state must be a member of either the House of Commons or the House of Lords , but the prime minister can advise
161-627: The Socialist Educational Association , the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches . On 8 October 2013 an early day motion was tabled by Barry Sheerman , the motion currently has 12 signatories which include MP's from the Labour Party , Liberal Democrats and Green Party of England and Wales . The Fair Admissions Campaign aims to generate a map of primary and secondary schools in
184-592: The education secretary , is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom , responsible for the work of the Department for Education . The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom . The office holder works alongside the other Education ministers . The corresponding shadow minister is the shadow secretary of state for education , and the work of the secretary of state
207-1129: The England and Wales based on their religious admissions policies and how representative of the local area the intake of the school is socio-economically. Section 85 of the Equality Act 2010 provides protection for pupils against discrimination based on protected characteristics, which includes religion and belief, in the admission of the pupil to the school. However there are exemptions for selective admissions based on religion or belief for schools in England and Wales which are : Secretary of State for Education King Charles III [REDACTED] William, Prince of Wales [REDACTED] Charles III ( King-in-Council ) [REDACTED] Starmer ministry ( L ) Keir Starmer ( L ) Angela Rayner ( L ) ( King-in-Parliament ) [REDACTED] Charles III [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] The Lord Reed The Lord Hodge Andrew Bailey Monetary Policy Committee The secretary of state for education , also referred to as
230-771: The Fair Admissions campaign wrote a letter to the Secretary of State for Education on 16 December 2012 which called for end to faith-based selection policies at English and Welsh state funded schools. The Fair Admissions campaign was officially launched in June 2013. A ComRes poll conducted on behalf of the Accord Coalition indicated that 73% of British adults agreed that 'State funded schools, including state funded faith schools, should not be allowed to select or discriminate against prospective pupils on religious grounds in their admissions policy.' The Fair Admission Campaign
253-478: The United Kingdom is often written like this example section of a hypothetical Silly Walks Act 1970 : 1. Grant powers On the appointed day, the Secretary of State shall be empowered to grant money towards the development of fatuous ambulations as seen fit. In legislation, the term "Secretary of State", thus capitalised, is interpreted under the Interpretation Act 1978 as referring to any one of
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#1732780320616276-607: The department merged with the Department of Employment to become the Department for Education and Employment (DfEE) and in 2001 the employment functions were transferred to a newly created Department for Work and Pensions , 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
299-898: The education field. The members of the committee were the Lord President of the Council , the Secretaries of State , the First Lord of the Treasury , and the Chancellor of the Exchequer . From 1857 a vice-president was appointed who took responsibility for policy. On 1 April 1900, the Board of Education Act 1899 abolished the committee and instituted a new board, headed by a president. The members were initially very similar to
322-568: The education portfolio was divided between the Department for Children, Schools and Families (responsible for infant, primary and secondary education) and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (responsible for further, higher and adult education). In 2009, the latter department was merged into the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills . Colour key (for political parties): Labour Labour Co-op Colour key (for political parties): Labour The Department for Education and
345-427: The matters of health, education, work, business, energy, environment, transport and the regions are shown in the graphic below. It shows how portfolios of responsibilities have been broadly passed down from one secretary of state position to the position(s) directly below it. However, it is impossible for such a graphic to be completely accurate; it cannot show smaller changes, or gains or losses of responsibilities within
368-550: The monarch to confer a peerage to satisfy this requirement. Most secretaries of state are incorporated as a " corporation sole ". This gives the minister a separate legal personality, allowing continuity in areas such as the ownership of property between office-holder changes. The origin of the office lies in the office of the king's private secretary . However, by the Tudor period , the office's purview had become more onerous. In 1539 or 1540, Henry VIII appointed two people to
391-667: The office. After the Stuart Restoration , the practice of appointing two secretaries of state resumed. A formal division, in the form of the offices of the secretary of state for the Northern Department and the secretary of state for the Southern Department , was made in 1689, though the office had been first divided into the Northern and Southern Department purviews in 1660. In 1782,
414-604: 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). The Education Act 1944 replaced the Board of Education with a new Ministry of Education . The position of Secretary of State for Education and Science
437-468: The post of Secretary of State for Education were recreated in 2010. Secretary of State (United Kingdom) His Majesty's principal secretaries of state , or secretaries of state , are senior ministers of the Crown in the Government of the United Kingdom . Secretaries of state head most major government departments and make up the majority of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom . Legislation in
460-481: 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. From 14 July 2016 to 8 January 2018 the post was held by Justine Greening , as her predecessor, Nicky Morgan , was sacked by Theresa May . Greening resigned after rejecting
483-420: The responsibilities of these offices were changed, so that one would be responsible for foreign affairs and one for domestic affairs, thus establishing the embryonic offices of foreign secretary and home secretary . Over time, the number of secretaries of states grew, so that there were five in 1900 and 14 by 1996. There are currently 16 secretaries of state. The secretaries of state that have been used for
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#1732780320616506-553: The secretaries of state in use; in practice, such secretaries of state are each allocated a portfolio by the prime minister, and only exercise the powers in that portfolio. In this example, a "Secretary of State for Silly Walks" would be appointed to exercise the provisions of the Act, but could theoretically exercise the powers of, for example, the Secretary of State for Scotland at any time. There are exceptions, in that legislation sometimes refers to particular secretaries of state. Under
529-494: Was created in 1964 with the merger of the offices of Minister of Education and the Minister of Science. The postholder oversaw the Department of Education and Science . From June 1970 to March 1974, this post was held by future prime minister Margaret Thatcher. In 1992, the responsibility for science was transferred to Cabinet Office 's Office of Public Service, and the department was renamed Department of Education. In 1995
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