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Department for Education: Executive Agencies

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Education (Michael Gove) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. As part of the structural reforms set out in the schools White Paper The Importance of Teaching (November 2010), I am today announcing that three new executive agencies of the Department for Education will be established on Sunday, 1 April, the same day that their seven predecessor organisations will cease to function. The Teaching Agency will be responsible for the supply and quality of the majority of the education workforce and for the regulation of teacher conduct. This work was previously carried out by the Training and Development Agency for Schools, the General Teaching Council for England, the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency and the Children's Workforce Development Council. The Education Funding Agency will be responsible for the revenue and capital funding of education and training, taking over the functions of the Young People's Learning Agency and Partnerships for Schools. The National College, which is responsible for improving the quality of leadership in schools and early years, will change status from non-departmental public body to executive agency. Copies of the framework documents for each agency have been placed in the House Libraries.