Responsibilities
- Behaviour and attendance, bullying
- Assessment and key stage tests
- Independent schools
- Contingency planning/response
- QCDA/Ofqual
- School admissions
- NEETs
- Apprenticeships
- Reducing bureaucracy in schools
- Careers/IAG
- Qualifications (Diplomas, etc.)
- Reform of National Curriculum 5-19 (including music, STEM, setting of classes)
- YPLA
Biography
Nick was born in 1960. He was educated at Maidstone Grammar School; Roundhay School, Leeds; Thornes House School, Wakefield; and Durham University, where he achieved an honours degree in law. He is the author of numerous reports for public policy think tanks on tax reform and economics.
Nick was first elected to Parliament as the MP for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton in May 1997. In the same year, Nick was appointed to the Conservative Parliamentary Social Security Committee. In 1998 he was appointed Frontbench Spokesman on Treasury matters and from June 1999 to September 2001 he was Frontbench Spokesman on Trade and Industry. From May 2005 until his appointment as Minister for Schools in May 2010, he served as Shadow Minister for Schools.
He was formerly a chartered accountant specialising in corporate taxation with KPMG.
Nick was appointed Minister for Schools in May 2010.