Education Secretary in United Kingdom

Education Secretary in the History

The Education Secretary is responsible for over seeing ‘early years, adoption and child protection, teachers’ pay, the school curriculum and school improvement’. Kenneth Clarke is one of the most recognisable figures from Major’s cabinet as he became the fifth longest serving Cabinet Minister and was (and still is) a very active and outspoken person. He was the first Minister to advise Margaret Thatcher to resign and he made significant educational reforms as part of Major’s cabinet. He worked very well and closely with Major. Clarke has only just stepped down from the Cabinet in 2014 and is now a backbencher.