Gillian Keegan MP was appointed as the new secretary of state for education in Rishi Sunak’s cabinet reshuffle yesterday.

Reacting to the news, NAHT general secretary Paul Whiteman welcomed the fifth secretary of state for education of 2022 into her new role, and said:

“School leaders will be hopeful that in Gillian Keegan we might now finally have an education secretary who understands that education should be seen not as a drain on the nation’s finances, but as the best investment that can be made in our country’s future – and who stays the course to the next election to make education a priority for this government again.”

Read Paul Whiteman’s full comments in the press release