# Lijst van Britse ministers van Onderwijs

De minister van Onderwijs (Engels: Secretary of State for Education) is lid van het Britse kabinet en staat aan het hoofd van het ministerie van Onderwijs. De huidige minister is Nadhim Zahawi van de Conservative Party sinds 2021 in het kabinet van premier Boris Johnson.
Enkele prominenten die hebben gediend als minister van Onderwijs waren onder andere: Rab Butler, Quintin Hogg, Michael Stewart, Margaret Thatcher, Shirley Williams en Kenneth Clarke.

## Ministers van Onderwijs van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (1857–heden)

| Minister van Onderwijs Secretary of State for Education | Ambtstermijn | Ambtstermijn | Partij | Premier | Kabinet | Overige functie(s) |
| Sir William Cowper (1811–1888) | 5 februari 1857 | 22 februari 1858 | Whig Party | John Russell (1846–1852) | Russell I | |
| Sir Charles Adderley (1814–1905) | 22 februari 1858 | 12 juni 1859 | Conservative Party | Edward Smith-Stanley (1858–1859) | Smith-Stanley II | |
| Robert Lowe (1811–1892) | 12 juni 1859 | 26 april 1864 | Liberal Party | Henry John Temple (1859–1865) | Temple II | |
| Henry Bruce (1815–1895) | 26 april 1864 | 28 juni 1866 | Liberal Party | Henry John Temple (1859–1865) | Temple II | |
| Henry Bruce (1815–1895) | 26 april 1864 | 28 juni 1866 | Liberal Party | John Russell (1865–1866) | Russell II | |
| Henry Lowry-Corry (1803–1873) | 28 juni 1866 | 20 maart 1867 | Conservative Party | Edward Smith-Stanley (1866–1868) | Smith-Stanley III | |
| Heer Robert Montagu (1825–1902) | 20 maart 1867 | 3 december 1868 | Conservative Party | Edward Smith-Stanley (1866–1868) | Smith-Stanley III | |
| Heer Robert Montagu (1825–1902) | 20 maart 1867 | 3 december 1868 | Conservative Party | Benjamin Disraeli (1868) | Disraeli I | |
| William Edward Forster (1818–1886) | 3 december 1868 | 20 februari 1874 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1868–1874) | Gladstone I | |
| Graaf van Harrowby Dudley Ryder (1831–1900) | 20 februari 1874 | 2 april 1878 | Conservative Party | Benjamin Disraeli (1874–1880) | Disraeli II | |
| Heer George Hamilton (1845–1927) | 2 april 1878 | 23 april 1880 | Conservative Party | Benjamin Disraeli (1874–1880) | Disraeli II | |
| Anthony Mundella (1825–1897) | 23 april 1880 | 23 juni 1885 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1880–1885) | Gladstone II | |
| Edward Stanhope (1840–1893) | 23 juni 1885 | 20 augustus 1885 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1885–1886) | Gascoyne-Cecil I | |
| Sir Henry Holland (1825–1914) | 20 augustus 1885 | 28 januari 1886 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1885–1886) | Gascoyne-Cecil I | |
| Sir Lyon Playfair (1818–1898) | 28 januari 1886 | 20 juli 1886 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1886) | Gladstone III | |
| Sir Henry Holland (1825–1914) | 20 juli 1886 | 14 januari 1887 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1886–1892) | Gascoyne-Cecil II | |
| Sir William Hart Dyke (1837–1931) | 14 januari 1887 | 15 augustus 1892 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1886–1892) | Gascoyne-Cecil II | |
| Sir Arthur Dyke Acland (1850–1933) | 15 augustus 1892 | 25 juni 1895 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1892–1895) | Gladstone IV | |
| Sir Arthur Dyke Acland (1850–1933) | 15 augustus 1892 | 25 juni 1895 | Liberal Party | Archibald Primrose (1894–1895) | Primrose | |
| Sir John Eldon Gorst (1835–1916) | 25 juni 1895 | 12 juli 1902 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1895–1902) | Gascoyne-Cecil III | |
| Sir John Eldon Gorst (1835–1916) | 25 juni 1895 | 12 juli 1902 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1895–1902) | Gascoyne-Cecil IV | |
| Markies van Londonderry Charles Vane- Tempest- Stewart (1852–1915) | 12 juli 1902 | 5 december 1905 | Conservative Party | Arthur Balfour (1902–1905) | Balfour | Lord President of the Council (1903–1905) |
| Augustine Birrell (1850–1933) | 5 december 1905 | 23 februari 1907 | Liberal Party | Henry Campbell- Bannerman (1905–1908) | Campbell- Bannerman | |
| Reginald McKenna (1863–1943) | 23 februari 1907 | 8 april 1908 | Liberal Party | Henry Campbell- Bannerman (1905–1908) | Campbell- Bannerman | |
| Walter Runciman (1870–1949) | 8 april 1908 | 24 oktober 1911 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith I | |
| Walter Runciman (1870–1949) | 8 april 1908 | 24 oktober 1911 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith II | Minister van Landbouw en Visserij (1910–1911) |
| Walter Runciman (1870–1949) | 8 april 1908 | 24 oktober 1911 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith III | Minister van Landbouw en Visserij (1910–1911) |
| Jack Pease (1860–1943) | 24 oktober 1911 | 25 mei 1915 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith III | |
| Arthur Henderson (1863–1935) | 25 mei 1915 | 6 augustus 1916 | Labour Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith IV | |
| Markies van Crewe Robert Crewe-Milnes (1858–1945) | 6 augustus 1916 | 7 december 1916 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith IV | Lord President of the Council |
| Markies van Crewe Robert Crewe-Milnes (1858–1945) | 6 augustus 1916 | 7 december 1916 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith IV | Leader of the House of Lords |
| Markies van Crewe Robert Crewe-Milnes (1858–1945) | 6 augustus 1916 | 7 december 1916 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith IV | Minister van Handel |
| Herbert Fisher (1865–1940) | 7 december 1916 | 23 oktober 1922 | Liberal Party | David Lloyd George (1916–1922) | Lloyd George I | |
| Herbert Fisher (1865–1940) | 7 december 1916 | 23 oktober 1922 | Liberal Party | David Lloyd George (1916–1922) | Lloyd George II | |
| Edward Wood (1881–1959) | 23 oktober 1922 | 22 januari 1924 | Conservative Party | Bonar Law (1922–1923) | Law | |
| Edward Wood (1881–1959) | 23 oktober 1922 | 22 januari 1924 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1923–1924) | Baldwin I | |
| Sir Charles Trevelyan (1870–1958) | 22 januari 1924 | 3 november 1924 | Labour Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1924) | MacDonald I | |
| Baron Percy van Newcastle Eustace Percy (1887–1958) | 4 november 1924 | 5 juni 1929 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1924–1929) | Baldwin II | |
| Sir Charles Trevelyan (1870–1958) | 5 juni 1929 | 2 maart 1931 | Labour Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald II | |
| Hastings Lees-Smith (1878–1941) | 2 maart 1931 | 26 augustus 1931 | Labour Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald II | |
| Sir Donald Maclean (1864–1932) | 26 augustus 1931 | 15 juni 1932 | Liberal Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald III (Nationaal Kabinet I) | |
| Sir Donald Maclean (1864–1932) | 26 augustus 1931 | 15 juni 1932 | Liberal Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald IV (Nationaal Kabinet II) | |
| Burggraaf Halifax Edward Wood (1881–1959) | 15 juni 1932 | 7 juni 1935 | Conservative Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald IV (Nationaal Kabinet II) | |
| Oliver Stanley (1896–1950) | 7 juni 1935 | 28 mei 1937 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1935–1937) | Baldwin III (Nationaal Kabinet III) | |
| Graaf Stanhope James Stanhope (1880–1967) | 28 mei 1937 | 27 oktober 1938 | Conservative Party | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Chamberlain I (Nationaal Kabinet IV) | |
| Graaf De La Warr Herbrand Sackville (1900–1976) | 27 oktober 1938 | 10 mei 1940 | National Labour | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Chamberlain I (Nationaal Kabinet IV) | |
| Graaf De La Warr Herbrand Sackville (1900–1976) | 27 oktober 1938 | 10 mei 1940 | National Labour | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Chamberlain II | |
| Herwald Ramsbotham (1887–1971) | 10 mei 1940 | 20 juli 1941 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1940–1945) | Churchill I | |
| Rab Butler (1902–1982) | 20 juli 1941 | 23 mei 1945 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1940–1945) | Churchill I | |
| Richard Law (1901–1980) | 23 mei 1945 | 26 juli 1945 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1940–1945) | Churchill II | |
| Ellen Wilkinson (1891–1947) | 26 juli 1945 | 6 februari 1947 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee I | |
| George Tomlinson (1890–1952) | 10 februari 1947 | 26 oktober 1951 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee I | |
| George Tomlinson (1890–1952) | 10 februari 1947 | 26 oktober 1951 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee II | |
| Florence Horsbrugh (1889–1969) | 26 oktober 1951 | 18 oktober 1954 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1951–1955) | Churchill III | |
| Sir David Eccles (1904–1999) | 18 oktober 1954 | 10 januari 1957 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1951–1955) | Churchill III | |
| Sir David Eccles (1904–1999) | 18 oktober 1954 | 10 januari 1957 | Conservative Party | Anthony Eden (1955–1957) | Eden | |
| Burggraaf Hailsham Quintin Hogg (1907–2001) | 10 januari 1957 | 17 september 1957 | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan I | |
| Geoffrey Lloyd (1902–1984) | 17 september 1957 | 14 oktober 1959 | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan I | |
| Sir David Eccles (1904–1999) | 14 oktober 1959 | 13 juli 1962 | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan II | |
| Sir Edward Boyle (1923–1981) | 13 juli 1962 | 1 april 1964 | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan II | |
| Sir Edward Boyle (1923–1981) | 13 juli 1962 | 1 april 1964 | Conservative Party | Alec Douglas-Home (1963–1964) | Douglas-Home | |
| Sir Quintin Hogg (1907–2001) | 1 april 1964 | 16 oktober 1964 | Conservative Party | Alec Douglas-Home (1963–1964) | Douglas-Home | Lord President of the Council |
| Michael Stewart (1906–1990) | 16 oktober 1964 | 22 januari 1965 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1964–1970) | Wilson I | |
| Tony Crosland (1918–1977) | 22 januari 1965 | 29 augustus 1967 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1964–1970) | Wilson I | |
| Tony Crosland (1918–1977) | 22 januari 1965 | 29 augustus 1967 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1964–1970) | Wilson II | |
| Patrick Gordon Walker (1907–1980) | 29 augustus 1967 | 6 april 1968 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1964–1970) | Wilson II | |
| Edward Short (1912–2012) | 6 april 1968 | 19 juni 1970 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1964–1970) | Wilson II | |
| Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013) | 19 juni 1970 | 4 maart 1974 | Conservative Party | Edward Heath (1970–1974) | Heath | |
| Reg Prentice (1923–2001) | 4 maart 1974 | 10 juni 1975 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1974–1976) | Wilson III | |
| Fred Mulley (1918–1995) | 10 juni 1975 | 10 september 1976 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1974–1976) | Wilson III | |
| Fred Mulley (1918–1995) | 10 juni 1975 | 10 september 1976 | Labour Party | James Callaghan (1976–1979) | Callaghan | |
| Shirley Williams (1930–2021) | 10 september 1976 | 4 mei 1979 | Labour Party | James Callaghan (1976–1979) | Callaghan | Thesaurier-generaal |
| Mark Carlisle (1929–2005) | 4 mei 1979 | 14 september 1981 | Conservative Party | Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) | Thatcher I | |
| Sir Keith Joseph (1918–1994) | 14 september 1981 | 21 mei 1986 | Conservative Party | Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) | Thatcher I | |
| Sir Keith Joseph (1918–1994) | 14 september 1981 | 21 mei 1986 | Conservative Party | Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) | Thatcher II | |
| Kenneth Baker (1934) | 21 mei 1986 | 24 juli 1989 | Conservative Party | Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) | Thatcher II | |
| Kenneth Baker (1934) | 21 mei 1986 | 24 juli 1989 | Conservative Party | Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) | Thatcher III | |
| John MacGregor (1937) | 24 juli 1989 | 2 november 1990 | Conservative Party | Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) | Thatcher III | |
| Kenneth Clarke (1940) | 2 november 1990 | 10 april 1992 | Conservative Party | Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) | Thatcher III | |
| Kenneth Clarke (1940) | 2 november 1990 | 10 april 1992 | Conservative Party | John Major (1990–1997) | Major I | |
| John Patten (1945) | 10 april 1992 | 20 juli 1994 | Conservative Party | John Major (1990–1997) | Major II | |
| Gillian Shephard (1940) | 20 juli 1994 | 2 mei 1997 | Conservative Party | John Major (1990–1997) | Major II | Minister van Arbeid (1995–1997) |
| David Blunkett (1947) | 2 mei 1997 | 8 juni 2001 | Labour Party | Tony Blair (1997–2007) | Blair I | Minister van Arbeid |
| Estelle Morris (1952) | 8 juni 2001 | 24 oktober 2002 | Labour Party | Tony Blair (1997–2007) | Blair II | |
| Charles Clarke (1950) | 24 oktober 2002 | 16 december 2004 | Labour Party | Tony Blair (1997–2007) | Blair II | |
| Ruth Kelly (1968) | 16 december 2004 | 6 mei 2006 | Labour Party | Tony Blair (1997–2007) | Blair II | |
| Ruth Kelly (1968) | 16 december 2004 | 6 mei 2006 | Labour Party | Tony Blair (1997–2007) | Blair III | |
| Alan Johnson (1950) | 6 mei 2006 | 27 juni 2007 | Labour Party | Tony Blair (1997–2007) | Blair III | |
| Ed Balls (1967) | 27 juni 2007 | 11 mei 2010 | Labour Party | Gordon Brown (2007–2010) | Brown | |
| Michael Gove (1967) | 11 mei 2010 | 14 juli 2014 | Conservative Party | David Cameron (2010–2016) | Cameron I | |
| Nicky Morgan (1972) | 14 juli 2014 | 13 juli 2016 | Conservative Party | David Cameron (2010–2016) | Cameron I | Minister voor Vrouwen en Gelijkheid |
| Nicky Morgan (1972) | 14 juli 2014 | 13 juli 2016 | Conservative Party | David Cameron (2010–2016) | Cameron II | Minister voor Vrouwen en Gelijkheid |
| Justine Greening (1969) | 13 juli 2016 | 8 januari 2018 | Conservative Party | Theresa May (2016–2019) | May I | |
| Justine Greening (1969) | 13 juli 2016 | 8 januari 2018 | Conservative Party | Theresa May (2016–2019) | May II | |
| Damian Hinds (1969) | 8 januari 2018 | 24 juli 2019 | Conservative Party | Theresa May (2016–2019) | May II | |
| Gavin Williamson (1976) | 24 juli 2019 | 15 september 2021 | Conservative Party | Boris Johnson (2019–2022) | Johnson I | |
| Gavin Williamson (1976) | 24 juli 2019 | 15 september 2021 | Conservative Party | Boris Johnson (2019–2022) | Johnson II | |
| Nadhim Zahawi (1967) | 15 september 2021 | 5 juli 2022 | Conservative Party | Boris Johnson (2019–2022) | Johnson II | |
| Michelle Donelan (1984) | 5 juli 2022 | 7 juli 2002 | Conservative Party | Boris Johnson (2019–2022) | Johnson II | |
| James Cleverly (1969) | 7 juli 2002 | 6 september 2022 | Conservative Party | Boris Johnson (2019–2022) | Johnson II | |
| Kit Malthouse (1966) | 6 september 2022 | 25 oktober 2022 | Conservative Party | Liz Truss (2022) | Truss | |
| Gillian Keegan (1968) | 25 oktober 2022 | 5 juli 2024 | Conservative Party | Rishi Sunak (2022–2024) | Sunak | |
| Bridget Phillipson (1983) | 5 juli 2024 | heden | Labour Party | Keir Starmer (2024–heden) | Starmer | |
* ↑ (en) Secretary of State for Education. gov.uk (29 januari 2020). Gearchiveerd op 20 januari 2020. Geraadpleegd op 29 januari 2020.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Afgetreden
* 1 2 Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van Handel
* 1 2 Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister voor Koloniale Zaken
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister voor Ierland
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot thesaurier-generaal
* 1 2 Overleden tijdens ambtstermijn
* ↑ Werd na het overlijden van zijn vader op 19 januari 1934 benoemd met de adellijke titel van Burggraaf Halifax en had daarvoor de titel van Heer Irwin
* 1 2 3 Uit functie ontheven na een kabinetsherschikking
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot kanselier van het Hertogdom Lancaster
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van Binnenlandse Zaken
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van Arbeid
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van Wijken en Lokale Zaken
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot onderstaatssecretaris voor Financiën en Chief Whip in het Lagerhuis
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van Financiën