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19 April 2026

Tag: Justine Greening

National funding formula delayed to 2018

The implementation of the new national funding formula has been pushed back to 2018-19, Justine Greening has announced. The new education secretary has confirmed today that the government is no longer intending to put the policy in place in 2017-18, despite claims from ministers as recently as Tuesday that they remained committed to the original […]

Justine Greening commits to national funding formula but is quiet on more cash for schools

The new education secretary Justine Greening appears to have committed to introducing a new national fair funding formula today, although refused to pledge more cash for schools. Responding to concerns of falling school funding on The Andrew Marr Show this morning, Greening said: “The underlying schools budget is seeing a real terms increase. “We are reviewing and […]

Justine Greening ‘cheerful and upbeat’ as she tells staff of education vision

The new education secretary Justine Greening has revealed she wants the beefed-up Department for Education (DfE) to be “the best” in Westminster during the first meeting with her new colleagues today. According to insiders, Greening was “cheerful and upbeat” when she met staff at the DfE’s Sanctuary Buildings shortly after lunch to set out her […]

Department for Education takes on skills and universities in expanded remit

The Department for Education will take on responsibility for higher education and skills in a massive expansion of its remit, Downing Street has confirmed. The move means Justine Greening, the new education secretary, will take over a much larger department than the one run by her predecessor Nicky Morgan, when the two additional policy areas are […]

Justine Greening announced as new education secretary

Justine Greening is the new secretary of state for education, replacing Nicky Morgan who has served in the role for two years. Greening was tipped for the role by several news outlets after prime minister Theresa May was said to be seeking more women for top cabinet positions. She moves to the role from the […]

Justine Greening: 9 facts about the new education secretary

Justine Greening has been announced as the new education secretary, in Theresa May’s first cabinet line-up. Here is what we know about her: 1. Born in 1969, Justine Greening is 47 years old. The average age of an education secretary is 50. 2. She was born and raised in Rotherham. The only other education secretary […]