Michelle Donelan has been appointed as secretary of state for education following the promotion of Nadhim Zahawi to the post of chancellor.
Mr Zahawi had only been in post for 10 months, one of the shortest stints of any education secretary in recent history.
Top of the to-do list for the new education secretary will be the impending publication of the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) recommendations for teacher pay rises – expected next week.
The DfE is pushing for an 8.9% rise for new teachers in 2022/23 but just 3% for experienced teachers.
Ms Donelan will find herself torn between teaching unions, some of which are demanding 12% pay rises across the board or at least inflation-matched increases, and the Treasury which is reluctant to offer more funding.
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