Secretary of State for Education

Secretary of State for Education	Secretary of State for Education 	Secretary of State for Education	Secretary of State for Education	Secretary of State for Education
 	 	 	 	
Incumbent 	Incumbent 	 	 	
Vapordave 	Vapordave 	 	 	
since 15th November 2020 	since 15th November 2020 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
Category 	Cabinet Position 	 	 	
Style 	The Right HonourableEducation Secretary	 	 	
Inaugural holder 	Socrates 	 	 	
Number of Education Secretaries 	35 	 	 	
The Education Secretary, known in full as the Secretary of State for Education, is the Chief Minister of the Department for Education in the Government of the United Kingdom. The office is a cabinet-level position. The position of Education Secretary is currently held by Vapordave, who was appointed to the role by Prime Minister Saracen's Fez, on 15th November 2020.
== Responsibilities ==
The Education Secretary's remit covers the following areas of the education system but only in England:
* Early years
* Adoption and child protection
* Teachers’ pay
* The school curriculum
* School improvement
* The establishment of academies and free schools
The Education Secretary often works closely with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills due to the overlap between their respective roles.
==Ministerial Reports, Statements of Intent, and Departmental Reviews==
Education Secretaries have produced the following ministerial reports, statements of intent, and departmental reviews:
Type 	Education Secretary	Released 	Result
Statement of Intent	Tanqueray91 	August 2016 	Passed by vote
Statement of Intent	Quamquam123 	February 2017 	Passed by vote
Statement of Intent	ns_2 	February 2018 	Failed
Ministerial Report 	ns_2 	October 2018 	Passed without vote
Ministerial Report 	Tanqueray91 	February 2019 	Passed without vote
Ministerial Report 	04MR17 	November 2019 	Failed
Ministerial Report 	Saracen's Fez 	March 2020 	Failed
Ministerial Report 	Saracen's Fez 	April 2020 	Failed
Ministerial Report 	04MR17 	July 2020 	Passed without vote
Ministerial Report 	04MR17 	July 2020 	Passed without vote
Ministerial Report 	04MR17 	August 2020 	Passed by vote
Ministerial Report 	04MR17 	August 2020 	Passed by vote
Ministerial Report 	04MR17 	September 2020	Passed by vote
== List of Education Secretaries ==
Socrates was appointed as the first Education Secretary for the Liberal Democrat Party following the second general election and since him, there have been 34 other Education Secretaries.
Education Secretary	Alternative Role 	Party	Party 	Took office 	Left office
Socrates 	 	 	Liberal 	December 2005 	May 2006
sophisti_kate 	 	 	Conservative 	June 2006 	November 2006
Democracy 	 	 	Liberal 	June 2008 	May 2008
Bella_trixxx 	 	 	Conservative 	November 2008 	May 2009
Kolya 	 	 	Centre 	December 2009 	May 2010
ByronicHero 	 	 	UKIP 	September 2010	October 2010
Jammythedodger 	 	 	Conservative 	November 2010 	March 2011
Singh993 	 	 	Labour 	April 2011 	October 2011
mevidek 	 	 	Labour 	October 2011 	March 2012
bun 	Secretary of State for Education and Higher Education 	 	Conservative 	April 2012 	September 2012
Krollo 	Secretary of State for Education and Higher Education 	 	Conservative 	April 2013 	March 2014
Obiejess 	Secretary of State for Education and Higher Education 	 	Labour 	April 2014 	October 2014
Little Toy Gun 	Secretary of State for Education and Higher Education 	 	Green 	October 2014 	February 2015
miser 	Secretary of State for Education and Higher Education 	 	Green 	February 2015 	April 2015
honeywell17 	Secretary of State for Education and Higher Education 	 	Labour 	May 2015 	July 2015
Airmed 	 	 	Liberal 	July 2015 	August 2015
JoeL1994 	 	 	Liberal 	October 2015 	December 2015
junaidk7 	 	 	Labour 	December 2015 	April 2016
Tanqueray91 	 	 	Conservative 	April 2016 	November 2016
Quamquam123 	 	 	Labour 	November 2016 	February 2017
cranbrook_aspie 	 	 	Socialist 	February 2017 	May 2017
Saracen's Fez 	 	 	Labour 	June 2017 	August 2017
CheeseIsVeg 	Secretary of State for Education, Culture and Young People	 	Labour 	August 2017 	November 2017
cranbrook_aspie 	Secretary of State for Education, Culture and Young People	 	Labour 	November 2017 	November 2017
ns_2 	 	 	Conservative 	December 2017 	March 2018
CountBrandenburg 	 	 	Libertarian 	March 2018 	June 2018
ns_2 	 	 	Conservative 	June 2018 	December 2018
GeniusOfEarl100 	 	 	Conservative 	December 2018 	January 2019
Tanqueray91 	 	 	Conservative 	January 2019 	July 2019
Jarred 	 	 	Liberal Democrat	July 2019 	September 2019
04MR17 	 	 	Liberal Democrat	September 2019	December 2019
Saracen's Fez 	 	 	Liberal Democrat	December 2019 	May 2020
Em.-. 	 	 	Citizen's 	May 2020 	June 2020
04MR17 	 	 	Citizen's 	June 2020 	November 2020
Vapordave 	 	 	Liberal Democrat	November 2020 	Incumbent
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