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Department for Education senior staff data: September 2011
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| Post Unique Reference | Name | Grade | Job Title | Job/Team Function | Parent Department | Organisation | Unit | Contact Phone | Contact E-mail | Reports to Senior Post | Salary Cost of Reports (£) | FTE | Actual Pay Floor (£) | Actual Pay Ceiling (£) | Professional/Occupational Group | Notes | Valid? | |
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| DfE-1001 | Sir David Bell | SCS4 | Permanent Secretary | The Permanent Secretary has three overall roles: 1. The Head of the Department. 2. The Accounting Officer. 3. The Chief Policy Non-Political Policy Advisor to the Secretary of State. He is responsible for the overall management of the Department and is accountable to Parliament for the actions the Department takes and the way in which taxpayers’ money is spent. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Accounting Officer and Chief Policy Non-Political Policy Advisor to the Secretary of State | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | xx | 110287 | 1 | 180000 | 184999 | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-3001 | Jonathan Coles | SCS3 | Director General | Leads Education Standards Directorate. Overall responsibility for policy on teachers / young people's qualifications / National Curriculum content and test delivery / pre-16 and post-16 qualifications reform / participation / school standards / data and statistics. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Education Standards Directorate | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-1001 | 0 | 1 | 135000 | 139999 | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-5001 | Lesley Longstone | SCS3 | Director General | Infrastructure and Funding Directorate (IFD) is responsible for: school and college funding up to age 18 (25 for young people with learning difficulties) including funding provided via local authorities and development of the proposed pupil premium; capital policy and spend; the Department's Communications Group; and oversees policy and funding of the Young People's Learning Agency (YPLA) and Partnerships for Schools (PfS). The directorate leads on implementation of the Government's structural reform programme including Free Schools and expansion of the Academies programme; admissions arrangements; school organisation matters; and faith schools. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Infrastructure and Funding Directorate | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-1001 | 595632 | 1 | 135000 | 139999 | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-2001 | Thomas Jeffery | SCS3 | Director General | Director-General for Children Young People and Families - is responsible for: 1. Improving child protection and supporting vulnerable children and young people. 2. Supporting and empowering families so that they can give their children a happy healthy start in life and supporting children who are taken into care. 3. Tackling barriers that might prevent children from fulfilling their educational and wider personal potential. 4. Building local capacity and encouraging the sharing of effective - innovative and cost-effective practice at the local level. 5. Implementing guidance and technology-based tools to improve children’s services management and use of information. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Children, Young People and Families Directorate | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-1001 | 119386 | 1 | 140000 | 144999 | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| STA-1001 | Ian Todd | SCS2 | Chief Executive (designate) | Appointed on 4 July 2012 as the Chief Executive designate of the Standards and Testing Agency, a new executive agency of the Department for Education which formally came into being on 1 October 2012. During this interim period responsible for working with the set-up team and the QCDA to ensure a successful transition to the new agency. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Standards and Testing Agency | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-3001 | 0 | 1 | 105000 | 109999 | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-4003 | James Frayne | SCS2 | Director | Leads the Department's Communications Group to ensure that internal and external messages are delivered efficiently and effectively, and reflect Ministerial and business priorities | Department for Education | Department for Education | Communications Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5001 | 0 | 1 | 100000 | 104999 | Not set | Communications | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-4090 | Simon Parkes | SCS2 | Director | Director Finance and Commercial Group. Responsible for leading the Department’s Finance and Commercial functions to enable the Department to achieve its key priorities – delivering new Academies, Free Schools, reform of Arms Length Bodies; the delivery of significant reductions in administrative expenditure and supporting more effective procurement in schools. Providing support to the Accounting Officer and ensuring the Department secures value for money through developing the Department’s management information; ensuring that the right information is available at the right time to support the Department’s strategic decision making | Department for Education | Department for Education | Finance and Commercial Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-1001 | 0 | 1 | 135000 | 139999 | Not set | Finance | This post does have direct reports but for privacy issues these staff have been included elsewhere in the organorgam. | 1 |
| DfE-5043 | N/D | SCS2 | Deputy Director | Responsible for the overall school revenue funding system including: the pupil premium; the legal and regulatory framework; allocation of grants to local authorities and the arrangements by which local authorities fund schools; payment of grants for education. Jobshare with Sara Hollingshead. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Education Funding Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5001 | 778568 | 0.6 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Job share | 1 |
| DfE-4080 | Lucy Smith | SCS2 | Director | Director Strategy and Performance Group - leads the development of the Department’s overall strategy for transforming the education system and improving outcomes for children and young people. The Director is responsible for establishing the Department’s priorities and driving its performance, and for supporting strategic decision making on the allocation of resources, including through leadership of Spending Reviews | Department for Education | Department for Education | Strategy and Performance Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-1001 | 925227 | 1 | 80000 | 84999 | Not set | Programme and Project Management (PPM) | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-4060 | Dawn Jarvis | SCS2 | Director | I lead the People and Change Group which is responsible for the delivery of Human Resource process, policy and strategy,Change Management and Information and Physical Security functions for the Department for Education. This is achieved through the delivery of direct services, management of the relationship with third party delivery partners for example the Department for Work and pension who deliver transactional HR on our behalf and interventions across the organisation and arms length bodies to ensure the Department has the capacity and the capability to deliver the priorities of Government. I also am the Head of Site for our Sheffield office. | Department for Education | Department for Education | People and Change Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-2001 | 1054149 | 1 | 95000 | 99999 | Not set | Human Resources | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-3050 | Marcus Bell | SCS2 | Director | Responsible for policy advice and delivery of Ministerial priorities on teachers and the school and children's workforce, including training, standards, regulation, misconduct, pay, pensions and industrial relations | Department for Education | Department for Education | Teachers Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-3001 | 159520 | 1 | 80000 | 84999 | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-5040 | Sarah Healey | SCS2 | Director | Responsible for funding for all schools (both capital and revenue), 16-19 year olds in education and all related policy issues. Specifically responsible for the implementation of the pupil premium and a new approach to capital investment arising from the independent review of capital. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Education Funding Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5001 | 0 | 1 | 80000 | 84999 | Not set | Policy | This post does have direct reports but for privacy issues these staff have been included elsewhere in the organorgam. | 1 |
| DfE-3011 | David Russell | SCS2 | Director | Leadership and management of Curriculum and Behaviour Group responsible for: 1. Advising Ministers on the reform of the school curriculum 5-16. 2. Supporting effective subject-based delivery of the school curriculum 5-16. 3. Pupil behaviour, attendance and school discipline. 4. Coordinating the DfE response to emergencies affecting schools. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Curriculum and Behaviour Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-3001 | 129347 | 1 | 80000 | 84999 | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-4070 | Carole Willis | SCS2 | Director | Director of Research and Analysis. Departmental Chief Scientific Advisor. Directly oversees 4 Divisions responsible for cross-cutting analysis and statisitcal collections, as well as managing Departmental interest in migration policy and increasing the use of good policy making skills across the Department. This includes analysis of “value for money”, international comparisons, delivering data transparency and reduced data burdens and specialist support on equalities and reducing regulation. Carole also leads the wider analytical community across DfE to ensure that sound analysis/evidence informs policy development and delivery. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Strategic Analysis Research and Policy Impact Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-3001 | 446153 | 1 | 85000 | 89999 | Not set | Operational Delivery | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-5030 | Mela Watts | SCS2 | Director | Senior Responsible Officer for the Free Schools, University Technical Colleges & Studio Schools programmes - policy development and implementation.Overall responsibility for the Preventing Extremism Unit and Performance & Policy Division, a flexible pool supporting policy Directorates | Department for Education | Department for Education | Free Schools Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5001 | 233098 | 1 | 80000 | 84999 | Not set | Programme and Project Management (PPM) | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-2020 | Shirley Trundle | SCS2 | Director | Families Group’s responsibilities include: 1. Analysis and advice on family policies 2. Approaches to families facing multiple problems 3. Support for parents’ role in the school system 4. National family support services 5. Relationship support 6. Improving services for children in care and strengthening adoption arrangements and inter-country adoption casework 7. Working with the Ministry of Justice to reform the family justice system and sponsoring the Children and Family Courts Advisory Support Service - Cafcass. 8. Supporting voluntary sector organisations who have an interest in families and children in care and adoption. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Families Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-2001 | 0 | 1 | 105000 | 109999 | Not set | Policy | This post does have direct reports but for privacy issues these staff have been included elsewhere in the organorgam. | 1 |
| DfE-5020 | Peter Houten | SCS2 | Director | Overall responsibility for the policy framework for Academies including the content of the Funding Agreement, their legal status, the legislation under which they have been created and the content of the Funding Agreement between Academies and the Secretary of State. Also responsible for the legislation on school organisation and governance; the regulation of independent schools; and for the overall policy on fair access to schools, including the School Admissions and Appeals Codes. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Academies Policy and School Organisation Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5001 | 458549 | 1 | 105000 | 109999 | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-4020 | Timothy Wright | SCS2 | Director | Providing strategic leadership and appropriate governance over the use of information and technology and the management of the property portfolio for DfE and across the sector to enable the business to operate effectively. Ensuring the operationally excellent delivery of ICT and FM services to the Department and its agencies. Working across government to ensure the coherent delivery of digital services to citizens. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Chief Information Officer and Property Asset Management Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-3001 | 522805 | 1 | 135000 | 139999 | Not set | Information Technology | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-3060 | Stephen Meek | SCS2 | Director | Advises on qualifications for 14-19 year olds including A Levels / GCSEs / iGCSEs / Apprenticeships. Oversight of Ofqual / QCDA / the operation of the exam system. Raising participation in education and training among 16-18 year olds including reducing the number of NEETs / information / advice and guidance and financial support. Employer engagement in education. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Qualifications and Participation Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-3001 | 918507 | 1 | 105000 | 109999 | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-3030 | Susan Hackman | SCS2 | Director | Assessment, performance tables and data website, inspection, standards in English and mathematics; technology strategy; international education strategy; deprivation, underperforming pupil groups and improving schools above the floor. | Department for Education | Department for Education | School Standards Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-3001 | 0 | 1 | 120000 | 124999 | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-2040 | Jeanette Pugh | SCS2 | Director | Director of Safeguarding Group which has responsibility for safeguarding and child protection policy nationally. The Group is working to take forward the Government’s response to Professor Eileen Munro’s independent review of child protection and is leading work on a range of policies and initiatives to safeguard children including safe recruitment (vetting and barring) and child internet safety. The Group also leads on policies concerned with vulnerable groups of children - including children and young people at risk of sexual exploitation, trafficking or domestic violence – and has responsibility for policy on children in employment and children who take part in entertainment. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Safeguarding Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-2001 | 96090 | 1 | 105000 | 109999 | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-2050 | Elizabeth Jackson | SCS2 | Director | Director of Supporting Children and Young People Group. This includes responsibility for policy on promoting children's rights and ensuring better opportunities/support for young people,as well as joint oversight of the DfE/DWP/HMT Child Poverty Unit, which aims to take steps to eradicate child poverty. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Supporting Children and Young People Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-2001 | 0 | 1 | 85000 | 89999 | Not set | Policy | This post does have direct reports but for privacy issues these staff have been included elsewhere in the organorgam. | 1 |
| DfE-5010 | Andrew McCully | SCS2 | Director | Academies Delivery Group is responsible for the identification of new Academy projects and managing the transition of those schools to Academy status. That involves: 1. Relationships with Sponsors and brokering new projects with underperforming schools. 2. Developing those projects until the schools are ready to open as Academies. 3. Supporting schools that are performing well to convert to academy status. 4. The mechanism for checking the suitability of new providers in the school system; the unit carrying out this work also provides the point of expertise for contributing to cross-Whitehall work on preventing extremism. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Academies Delivery Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5001 | 0 | 1 | 105000 | 109999 | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-2010 | Ann Gross | SCS2 | Director | Leading the Group which supports Ministers in developing and implementing policies relating to the reform of early years and childcare, including Sure Start, early intervention and early education, as well as reforming provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Early Years, Extended Schools and Special Needs Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-2001 | 211911 | 1 | 80000 | 84999 | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| 0 | N/D | SCS2 | Not in Post | N/A | Department for Education | Department for Education | N/A | N/A | N/A | DfE-2001 | 0 | 1 | 90000 | 94999 | Not set | Policy | Maternity leave DfE-2060 | 1 |
| DfE-3020 | Dominic Herrington | SCS2 | Director | Leading Departmental work on tackling underperforming schools and preparing to take over the Director's post from Andrew McCully in advance of Andrew transition to an interim post in November 2011 | Department for Education | Department for Education | Academies Delivery Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5001 | 0 | 1 | 65000 | 69999 | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-4010 | Sinead O'Sullivan | SCS2 | Director | The DG role provides high level oversight of the DfE/ALB Reform programme including acting as Senior Reporting Officer and representing DFE on the cross Government Public Bodies Steering Board. In scope are 17 ALBs forming part of the DfE group. The role includes maintaining relationships at strategic level with ALB Chief Executives/Chairs: external stakeholders (eg headteacher unions: LGA: Local Authority Directors and Chief Executives) and other Government Departments over the reform programme. As a consequence of the reform programme it also includes formulating ideas and contributing thinking towards a future operating model for DfE and the education sector in England. | Department for Education | Department for Education | ALB Reform Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-2001 | 0 | 1 | 65000 | 69999 | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-3032 | N/D | SCS1A | Deputy Director | The Division is responsible for policies aimed at narrowing achievement gaps and improving the rate at which pupils make progress. These include policy responsibility for the Pupil Premium, under-performing groups of pupils (including some ethnic minority groups) and academically able pupils. The Division also leads on securing future arrangements for the provision of school performance data. | Department for Education | Department for Education | School Standards Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-3030 | 745906 | 0.83 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-4021 | N/D | SCS1A | Deputy Director | The Service Management Unit (SMU) manages the delivery and support of a wide range of internal and externally-provided IT Services using processes and procedures based on ITIL v 3 standards. Our customers include: internal departmental staff: other Departments: Arms Length Bodies: Local Authorities and other education delivery partners. Our services range from departmental email and video-conferencing through to key public facing services such as the Online Free School Meals Eligibility Checking Service (OFSM - ECS). | Department for Education | Department for Education | Chief Information Officer and Property Asset Management Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-4020 | 2967499 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Information Technology | Not set | 1 |
| 0 | N/D | SCS1 | Not in Post | N/A | Department for Education | Department for Education | N/A | N/A | N/A | DfE-4080 | 0 | 0.83 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-3036 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Responsible for reviewing the operating framework for Academies | Department for Education | Department for Education | Academies Policy and School Organisation Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5050 | 0 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | This post does have direct reports but for privacy issues these staff have been included elsewhere in the organorgam. | 1 |
| DfE-5024 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Responsible for the policy framework underpinning the creation and performance of Academies. Policy development around particular non-standard Academies including Special Schools and Alternative Provision. Ownership of the model Funding Agreements, Articles and associated Annexes used by schools converting to Academy status. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Academies Policy and School Organisation Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5020 | 2029783 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-3037 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Responsible for: policy on international education issues and school improvement. International work includes: managing the DfE's interests in international organisations, including the European Union, OECD and European Schools system; ensuring that policy is informed by international evidence of effective policy and practice; developing strategic partnerships on education with key partner countries, including India and China, as part of the government's wider foreign policy engagement. Also responsible for policy on school improvement. | Department for Education | Department for Education | School Standards Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-3030 | 1061950 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-5056 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Deputy Director with responsibility for all matters relating to school workforce Terms and Conditions of employment. The main focus of the Division's work is on: 1. Pay / pensions / conditions of employment together with their associated reform programmes. 2.Giving effect to the Coalition Government's priorities for giving schools greater freedoms and flexibilities over pay and conditions. 3. Managing the contract for the administration of the Teachers' Pension Scheme and other related contracts. 5. Representing the DfE interests on cross-Government workforce initiatives | Department for Education | Department for Education | Teachers Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-3050 | 354666 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-4084 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Deputy Director having overall responsibility for Property Asset Management (PAM) for DfE and DCLG. PAM responsibilities include estate/property strategy and management: contract management: programme and project management: sustainable operations: fire, health and safety and facilities management: business coninuity and security management. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Chief Information Officer and Property Asset Management Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-4020 | 1786930 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Property and asset management | Not set | 1 |
| 0 | N/D | SCS1 | Not in Post | N/A | Department for Education | Department for Education | N/A | N/A | N/A | DfE-4060 | 0 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-4074 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Delivering a large range of key data service outputs to schedule that are relevant and fit for purpose through high level delivery and risk management. Provide a flexible customer focussed responsive service delivering all products/services through transparent value for money agreements. As Head of Profession for Statistics deals with statistical issues as they arise and ensure compliance with Code of Practice for Official Statistics. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Strategic Analysis Research and Policy Impact Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-4070 | 4204142 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Statisticians | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-5025 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Provision of education advice to new sponsored Academies, schools converting to Academy status, underperfoming open Academies, Free Schools, Studio Schools and University Technology Colleges. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Academies Policy and School Organisation Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5020 | 0 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | This post does have direct reports but for privacy issues these staff have been included elsewhere in the organorgam. | 1 |
| DfE-4012 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Arm's Length Body Reform Division has two principal functions: first it oversees the DfE strategy on Arm's Length Bodies (ALBs) and ensures that the strategy is consistent with the Government-wide reform programme led by Cabinet Office. The Division works with others in the Department and the ALBs to make sure that the reforms to and closures of ALBs are delivered successfully and achieve their objectives of improving accountability and efficiency. Second the Division provides services such as grant payments on behalf of the DfE teams responsible for managing the relationships with many DfE ALBs. | Department for Education | Department for Education | ALB Reform Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-4010 | 469106 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-4083 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Secretary of State's Senior Policy Adviser - works closely with Ministers on the development of the strategy for transforming the education system and improving outcomes for children and young people | Department for Education | Department for Education | Private Office | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5040 | 0 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-3031 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | The Division leads on policy in respect of initial teaching training and school leadership. This includes working with the TDA to ensure the supply of sufficient teachers and to implement the ITT strategy and leading the Dept's relationship with the National College. The Division also leads on industrial relations issues affecting schools - developing successful on-going engagement with employers/their representative bodies/professional associations/Trades' Union across the workforce and managing the Dept's response to any industrial action by school workforce unions. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Teachers Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-3050 | 0 | 0.7 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-5031 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Responsible for distinct elements of Free School policy and for taking forward individual proposals in the North East and Yorkshire and Humber and East of England regions Management oversight of Performance & Policy Division, a flexible pool supporting policy Directorates | Department for Education | Department for Education | Free Schools Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5030 | 1897517 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-3066 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Head of the Qualifications System Division. Responsible for managing the Department’s relationship with Ofqual; handling issues relating to the delivery of examinations in schools; oversight of the Exams Deliver Support Unit which supports exams centres to ensure the effective management, administration and successful awarding of General Qualifications; and the programme of work leading to QCDA’s closure in 2012. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Qualifications and Participation Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-3060 | 0 | 0.65 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Jobshare. This post does have direct reports but for privacy issues these staff have been included elsewhere in the organorgam. | 1 |
| DfE-5062 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Responsible for: developing 16-19 funding policy including action to simplify the formula, structures and processes and increasing alignment with pre-16 and post-19 systems; sponsorship of the Sixth Form College sector; policy on 16-19 capital funding; and relationship management of the YPLA and creation of the Education Funding Agency. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Education Funding Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5040 | 567745 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-4062 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Senior HR professional responsible for the the delivery of HR services into the Department including: development and implementation of DfE workforce plans and resourcing strategy (including staff redeployment and reductions); leading a specialist team of HR Business Partners in support of the DfE Board; HR casework; performance and attendance management; employee relations; pay and terms and conditions; projects relating to the review of the DfE Arms Length Bodies; and managing and monitoring the impact of the Government’s efficiency controls. | Department for Education | Department for Education | People and Change Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-4060 | 1429022 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Human Resources | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-5044 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Responsible for oversight of and advice to Ministers on all DfE capital expenditure (including on early years, schools, post-16 education and youth facilities). Sponsor Division for Partnerships for Schools, the NDPB which plays a major role in the delivery of DfE's capital programmes and in the distribution of funds to local authorities. Responsibility for policy on basic need, maintenance, private finance, the new Priority School Building Programme and the remainder of the Building Schools for the Future programme, as well as legislation on school premises, playing fields and health & safety issues related to school buildings. Responsible for the review of DfE capital expenditure and for putting its recommendations into practice. Jobshare with Stuart Miller. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Education Funding Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5040 | 0 | 0.75 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Jobshare | 1 |
| DfE-3013 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Responsible for improving behaviour and attendance in English state schools including legislation / policy / correspondence on: 1. Teachers' powers to discipline pupils. 2. Helping schools to manage behaviour better. 3. Measures to prevent and tackle bullying. 4. Exclusions (expulsions and suspensions). 5. The quality of alternative provision for excluded children and others without a school place. 6. Improving attendance at schools. 7. Reducing the number of children missing education altogether. 8. Penalty notices, parenting contracts or orders and other 'Parental responsibility measures'. 9. The use of fingerprinting and biometric information in school. 10. Health and Safety in Schools | Department for Education | Department for Education | Curriculum and Behaviour Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-3011 | 1076006 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-4061 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Responsible for HR aspects of reform of Department's ALBs to ensure smooth transfer of staff and setting up of Executive Agencies through: engagement with ALB HR staff to agree effective transfer arrangements to new executive Agencies via TUPE/COSOP; constructive engagement with trade unions on people aspects of ALB reform; project lead for HR stands of Agency start up plans to ensure HR issues are dealt with in a timely and efficient manner to ensure Department is complying with employment legislation; effective harmonisation of terms and conditions for restructured Department. | Department for Education | Department for Education | People and Change Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-4060 | 515594 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Human Resources | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-2043 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Child Safeguarding Division leads on a range of policies concerned with vulnerable groups of children including children and young people who are privately fostered and those at risk of forced marriage - sexual exploitation - female genital mutilation - trafficking or domestic violence. It has responsibility for policy on children in employment or children who take part in entertainment - physical punishment of children and the Vetting and Barring Scheme. Child Safeguarding Division also has policy responsibility for safeguarding in education and manages a Government contract to support the expansion of NSPCC’s helpline services and supports Ministerial accountability by briefing on serious childcare incidents. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Safeguarding Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-2040 | 1531198 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-3021 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | The Division leads on policy in respect of initial teaching training and school leadership. This includes working with the TDA to ensure the supply of sufficient teachers and to implement the ITT strategy and leading the Dept's relationship with the National College. The Division also leads on industrial relations issues affecting schools - developing successful on-going engagement with employers/their representative bodies/professional associations/Trades' Union across the workforce and managing the Dept's response to any industrial action by school workforce unions. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Teachers Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-3050 | 1093043 | 0.5 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-1002 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | The Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State heads up the Private Office for the Department. Staff in this division: 1. handle correspondence and provide Ministers with responses to letters from members of Parliament 2. provide support to Ministers and the Permanent Secretary ensuring they receive timely and accurate advice and briefing - liaising with officials in the Department to ensure the Ministerial Team's priorities and requirements are delivered - ensuring Ministers are well-prepared for visits / Parliamentary business / meetings and queries from members of Parliament and the public. They also play a key role in working with private offices in other Departments to ensure cross-cutting/cross government business is handled effectively. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Private Office | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-1001 | 1922644 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Operational Delivery | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-5033 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Responsible for distinct elements of Free School policy and for taking forward individual proposals in London | Department for Education | Department for Education | Free Schools Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5030 | 876617 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-5061 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Responsible for Finance sponsorship (YPLA), IFD FACT and IFD/ESD FARM teams. Manage the financial interface with YPLA on c£10b funding, providing strategic financial advice/RM support/budget officer/business planning and spending review to/for Directorate. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Education Funding Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5040 | 776955 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-5015 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Responsible for the delivery of Academy conversions. Project Leads work in regional-facing teams to support individual and groups of schools through the conversion process, co-ordinating advice on a range of legal and other issues. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Academies Delivery Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5010 | 3558158 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | covering this post original number DfE-2042 | 1 |
| DfE-3033 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Responsible for: 1. Policy in respect of the National Curriculum Key Stage 2 tests and other statutory assessment arrangements. 2. Development of the new Year 1 phonics screening check. 3. Policy development and delivery of the annual primary and secondary school performance tables | Department for Education | Department for Education | School Standards Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-3030 | 1088555 | 0.83 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-3022 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Responsible for: 1. Ensuring Education Standards Directorate manages its people in the most efficient and effective way by making sure we: have the right number of skilled people to deliver our objectives; analyse key data; and take action to ensure we have highly motivated effective staff. 2. Supporting two Director Generals for Education Standards and Infrastructure and Funding to plan and organise their Directorates using PPM to monitor and report progress as well as manage risks and ensure stakeholder input in policy making. 3. Leading the work on reducing bureaucracy in schools including the stakeholder reference group. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Education Strategy, Performance and Analysis Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-3024 | 746614 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-3015 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Responsible for a) strategic support to schools in key curriculum subjects in order to improve selected outcomes e.g. mathematics, science, and music; and b) giving broader support for curriculum provision, as needed, in order to ensure schools provide a broad range of subjects, ethos and activities - including school meals, and a review of Personal, Social, Health and Economics (PSHE) education. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Curriculum and Behaviour Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-3011 | 1371717 | 0.89 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-5043 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Responsible for the overall school revenue funding system including: the pupil premium; the legal and regulatory framework; allocation of grants to local authorities and the arrangements by which local authorities fund schools; payment of grants for education. Jobshare with Dugald Sandeman. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Education Funding Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5040 | 767753 | 0.6 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Jobshare | 1 |
| DfE-2022 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Deputy Director - Families with Multiple Problems division is responsible for the development and delivery of policies to help families overcome complex health - social - economic and behaviour problems. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Families Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-2020 | 593503 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-3041 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Responsible for the procurement of the 2013 performance tables and data website development | Department for Education | Department for Education | School Standards Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-3030 | 0 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-6001 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | The Head of Internal Audit leads a team of professionally trained auditors - reporting to the Accounting Officer on the effectiveness of risk management and control in the Department. This is through specific audit reports on particular areas and periodic reports on the overall levels of Departmental compliance. In addition work is also undertaken on an ad hoc basis to provide advice/support and investigation services as required. The Unit also provides Secretariat services to the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee and provides a liaison function with Heads of Internal Audit and Audit Committee Chairs across the Departments' NDPBs.This is a shared post between DfE and Home Office, with each Department meeting 50% of the costs | Department for Education | Department for Education | Internal Audit | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-1001 | 1087051 | 0.5 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Internal Audit | Shared post with Home Office, each Department meets 50% of the costs | 1 |
| DfE-4043 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Head of Communication Strategy, Research & Engagement - providing strategic communications advice to Ministers and Department, and leading the planning and delivery of communications to ensure public and workforce understanding of the Department's priorities. Also leads the Public Communications Unit responsible for replying to 60,000 pa items of public correspondence, 120,000 pa telephone enquiries and running public consultation exercises on the Department's priority policy areas. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Communications Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-4003 | 2297278 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Communications | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-2013 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Responsible for developing and implementing policies on early education for three and four year olds, the new free entitlement for disadvantaged two year olds, and on the childcare market. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Early Years, Extended Schools and Special Needs Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-2010 | 823869 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-5032 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Responsible for distinct elements of Free School policy and for taking forward individual proposals in the South West and South East regions | Department for Education | Department for Education | Free Schools Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5030 | 839067 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| 0 | N/D | SCS1 | Not in Post | N/A | Department for Education | Department for Education | N/A | N/A | N/A | DfE-5010 | 0 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | on mat leave DfE-5015 | 1 |
| DfE-3052 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Deputy Director with responsibility for all matters relating to school workforce Terms and Conditions of employment. The main focus of the Division's work is on: 1. Pay / pensions / conditions of employment together with their associated reform programmes. 2.Giving effect to the Coalition Government's priorities for giving schools greater freedoms and flexibilities over pay and conditions. 3. Managing the contract for the administration of the Teachers' Pension Scheme and other related contracts. 5. Representing the DfE interests on cross-Government workforce initiatives | Department for Education | Department for Education | Workforce Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5043 | 0 | 0.5 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-5036 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Responsible for distinct elements of Free School policy, design of the overall implementation process and for taking forward individual proposals to implementation in the East Midlands, West Midlands and North West regions. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Free Schools Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5030 | 982322 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-4022 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Head of Strategy and Architecture Unit. Responsible for: Development and implementation of a sector wide ICT strategy for education skills and children's services and the underpinning enterprise architecture and standards: Design assurance of Departmental/sector business systems and Chair of the Architectural Review Board (ARB). The Secretariat function is provided by Standards and Archtiecture unit. Deputy Chair of the CIO Council for the Education Sector. DfE senior sponsor for the Information Standards Board (ISB) for education skills and children's services, responsible for the defining work programme for data and information standards activities for the Education, Skills and children's Services sector. The Secretariat is provided by the Strategy and Architecture Unit which also directs the ISB's Technical Support Service. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Chief Information Officer and Property Asset Management Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-4020 | 724772 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Information Technology | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-3063 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Responsible for policy relating to 16-25 year old students with Learning Difficulties and Disabilities, implementing the post-16 aspects of the SEND Green Paper, also responsible for Foundation Learning, Reform and the Diploma qualifications and DfE interests in the UK Commission for Education and Skills. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Qualifications Strategy and Reform Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-3060 | 608185 | 0.7 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-4050 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Deputy Director Corporate Finance Division. Responsible for managing the Department’s overall financial position through the production of timely and accurate financial reports, ensuring that the Department for Education remains one of the top performing departments for its financial management. Strengthen financial reporting, forecasting and management in the Department’s family including supporting Academies and Free Schools to carry out due diligence checks on potential providers. To lay unqualified Departmental Resource Accounts before Recess and complete the Clear Line of Sight implementation across the Departmental family. Deliver the requirements for embedding the new Executive Agencies into the Financial Framework; facilitate Grant payments to support the Department’s objectives and develop a more strategic business partnering role. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Finance and Commercial Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-4090 | 1007551 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Finance | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-3062 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Responsible for policy relating to reform of post-16 qualifications, including implementation of Professor Alison Wolf's review of vocational learning, reform of A levels and quality assurance of post-16 provision. Also leads on policy relating to financial support to young people (for example, the 16-19 Bursary Fund and the Care to Learn scheme for young parents). | Department for Education | Department for Education | Qualifications Strategy and Reform Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-3060 | 798402 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-2032 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Resourcing & Operations Division. 1. Delivering a structured programme of business process and system change across Academies, Free Schools and Education Funding. 2. Engaging Infrastructure & Funding Directorate (IFD) staff through communication, training and involvement to cultivate continuous improvement, implement new ways of working and achieve efficiencies. 3. Ensuring IFD manages its people in the most effective and efficient way and that we have the right number of skilled and motivated people to deliver our priorities. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Resourcing and Operations Division | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5001 | 0 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-2014 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Responsible for policy on the reform of Sure Start Children’s Centres, ensuring a focus on supporting families in greatest need through evidence based approaches; leading work on early intervention, including the Early Intervention Grant to local authorities and policy on extended services in schools. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Early Years, Extended Schools and Special Needs Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-2010 | 1115895 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-5011 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | The Office of the Schools Commissioner (Sponsor Division) DD post is responsible for: 1. Identifying and agreeing new Academies in place of underperforming schools. 2. Identifying new Academy sponsors and working with existing sponsors to identify new Academy projects. 3. Policy and systems for approving organisations to sponsor Academies and matching sponsors to projects. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Office of the Schools Commissioner | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5018 | 427556 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-5035 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Responsible for revenue funding policy and implementation for Academies, Free Schools, UTCs and Studio schools. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Education Funding Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5040 | 297140 | 0.59 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-2012 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Responsible for reforming provision for children with special educational needs and disabled children, through the implementation of the Green Paper “Support and aspiration: A new approach to special educational needs and disability' and working with the Department of Health to support children and young people’s mental health through the Mental Health Strategy ‘No Health Without Mental Health’ | Department for Education | Department for Education | Early Years, Extended Schools and Special Needs Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-2010 | 1063848 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-3053 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | The division leads on policy and delivery –leading the Department’s relationship with the Training and Development Agency for Schools and the National College – in respect of initial teacher training / development of Early Years Professionals / supply of head-teachers / development of new roles such as National Leaders of Education and training for Directors of Children's Services. It has the lead on Teach First / Teaching Leaders / Future Leaders. Also leads on industrial relations issues affecting schools - developing successful on-going engagement with employers / their representative bodies / professional associations / Trades' Unions across the workforce. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Workforce Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-3050 | 0 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-3026 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Deputy Director in Infra-Structure and Finance Directorate responsible for monitoring the performance of Open Academies. This includes: 1) publication of data on the performance of open Academies and on the performance of Academy sponsors 2) Challenging and supporting Academies where their performance is below the expected levels 3) Ensuring coherence and join up with the YPLA (EFA) role in monitoring open Academies 4) Identifying best practice in improving low performing Academies and disseminating this across the system. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Office of the Schools Commissioner | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5018 | 494272 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-2023 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Deputy Director Responsibility for: 1. A range of early intervention and targeted services for families including Family Information Direct, Parenting Fund and the LA duty to provide information to parents. 2. Parents involvement in their children’s education including the requirements on schools to provide information to parents and Home School Agreements. 3. Arrangements for handling parental complaints and Bookstart, Booktime and Booked Up schemes. 4. Strengthening the use of evidence based practice in parenting and family support including through grants to a range of national family support voluntary organisations and charities. 5. The National Academy for Parenting Research. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Families Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-2020 | 1142324 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-5041 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | On Secondment to NCSL | Department for Education | Department for Education | Education Funding Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5040 | 0 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | On outward secondment | 1 |
| DFE-4064 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Deputy Director Performance Unit - role is to drive performance across the Department, with responsibility for the business plan and corporate performance, monitoring progress against key performance indicators and reporting to the Departmental Board. Responsible for the set up and secretariat for the Board itself and for improving departmental capability through better corporate governance. Improve the Department’s management of risk and ensures a continued focus on assurance activities whilst consuming less resource. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Strategy and Performance Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-4080 | 0 | 0.83 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-2063 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Responsible for the policy and implementation of the Iniversity Technical College & Studio School Programmes | Department for Education | Department for Education | Free Schools Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5030 | 802796 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-3014 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | The Division is responsible for advising Ministers on the reform of the curriculum for 5-16 year olds. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Curriculum and Behaviour Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-3011 | 952505 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-4032 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Deputy Director Commercial Division. Responsible for ensuring that the Department for Education family’s commercial and procurement activity supports the Department’s priorities and delivers outstanding value for money. Also responsible for developing commercial solutions for schools. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Finance and Commercial Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-4090 | 1643652 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Procurement | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-4044 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Head of Campaigns and Partnerships - leading creative thinking for events, stakeholder and partnership communications; leading the Digital Communications Unit to deliver high quality web content, digital and social media communications; leading the publishing and branding team to produce low cost publications and branding for the Department. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Communications Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-4003 | 1559650 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Communications | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-5026 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Responsible for the legislative framework for the opening, closing and status of schools; faith schools policy lead for the Department; school land policy; the school admissions system, including legislation and parental preference; school transport policy; and developing new policy options for creating a more autonomous and high quality schools system. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Academies Policy and School Organisation Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5020 | 1535198 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-3023 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Education Bill Manager: To advise and support Ministers on the passage of the Education Bill through Parliament. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Education Strategy and Improvement Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-3020 | 0 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-4031 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Deputy Director Business Insight and Central Policy Division. Responsible for providing the Department with high quality commercial and financial management information, market intelligence and business insight. Leading the transparency agenda; benchmarking; benefits realisation and business management. Providing the central Departmental focus for ERG/CO liaison including spending controls, facilitating the sharing of commercial resources across the 12 small departments and representing them on the Procurement Executive Board. Ensuring that the Department’s commercial and financial policies and practice are consistent with best practice - providing capability and skills programmes for the Departmental family and the schools sector, including supporting the development of the new schools financial management framework. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Finance and Commercial Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-4090 | 1498493 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Procurement | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-2024 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Deputy Director. We are responsible for policy on supporting relationships to improve outcomes for children and families and wider society. We lead policy on family law (when families go to court either as a result of parental disputes or where local authorities have concerns about a child’s welfare) and in that capacity sponsor the Children and Families Court Advisory and Support Service a Non-Departmental Public Body which works with children and families in the courts. We also in partnership with the Ministry of Justice support the Family Justice Review panel which is considering reforms to the Family Justice System. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Families Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-2020 | 490016 | 0.81 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-3025 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Deputy Director in the Academies Delivery Group: Working with Local Authorities and schools in selected regions to tackle underperformance in primary and secondary schools by developing appropriate and sustainable academy solutions. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Academies Delivery Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-3020 | 757805 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-3024 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Responsible for the Central Programme Management function overseeing the implementation of the education reforms. Also for the deployment of flexible resource pool and Directorate support functions. Manages the Education Bill Team and the Directorates analytical functions. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Education Strategy, Performance and Analysis Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-3001 | 1292046 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-3061 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Head of pre-16 Qualifications Reform Division with responsibility for: 1. Long- and short-term reform of GCSEs; 2. iGCSEs and other academic qualifications for 14-16 year-olds; 3. the English Baccalaureate; 4. database of past examination papers; 5. international comparisons of qualifications; 6. overall response to the Wolf Review of vocational education; 7. identification of vocational qualifications to feature in KS4 school performance tables, and section 96 approval of qualifications; 8. enrolment of 14-16 year-olds in colleges | Department for Education | Department for Education | Qualifications and Participation Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-3060 | 637974 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-3027 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Deputy Director in the Academies Delivery Group : Developing appropriate academy solutions to transform underperforming schools. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Academies Delivery Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-3020 | 722426 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-5014 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Joint Head of the Preventing Extremism Unit. Responsible for ensuring that children are not exposed to extremists or extremist views in schools or out of school hours learning. Responsible for due diligence arrangements to ensure that people with extremist views are not able to establish or take over schools. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Free Schools Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5030 | 0 | 0.6 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-5044 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Responsible for oversight of and advice to Ministers on all DfE capital expenditure (including on early years, schools, post-16 education and youth facilities). Sponsor Division for Partnerships for Schools, the NDPB which plays a major role in the delivery of DfE's capital programmes and in the distribution of funds to local authorities. Responsibility for policy on basic need, maintenance, private finance, the new Priority School Building Programme and the remainder of the Building Schools for the Future programme, as well as legislation on school premises, playing fields and health & safety issues related to school buildings. Responsible for the review of DfE capital expenditure and for putting its recommendations into practice. Jobshare with Jane Cunliffe. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Education Funding Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5040 | 664226 | 0.8 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Jobshare | 1 |
| DFE-2021 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | they need. It leads the policy for children looked after by local authorities (“children in care”) - care leavers and domestic and inter-country adoption policy and inter-country adoption case work. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Families Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-2020 | 1172789 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-3051 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | To identify and support the workforce practice which will most effectively deliver the Department's policy priorities by: 1.defining effective workforce practice, including on integrated working. 2. supporting the development and deployment of the school workforce. 3. supporting the development of relevant and effective workforce skills and qualifications. 4. raising performance by developing arrangements to address poor classroom practice in schools. 5.managing the Department’s relationship with the Children’s Workforce Development Council | Department for Education | Department for Education | Workforce Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-3050 | 979403 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-5050 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | This post provides analysis and evidence to all IFD, leading professional analysts from four disciplines (economists / statistician / social researchers / operational researchers). On education funding, this includes financial modelling to allocate funding to LAs for maintained schools and to calculate the budgets for individual Academies. Additionally we model affordability, develop funding methodologies (e.g. Pupil Premium, Fair Funding Formula), and monitor how this funding is budgeted and account for how it is spent. Similar roles exist for post-16 learning routes and for Capital Funding. We also provide statistical analysis to project and plan the rate of Academies expansion; report on Academies’ educational standards; assess demand for Free Schools, UTCs and Studio Schools; and, generate performance indicators for IFD. We articulate the economic rationale for policy reform and explain the value for money in ministerial recommendations. Finally, we provide research evidence review and synthesis, policy evaluation and produce and analyse the Department’s longitudinal data on the lives of young people. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Infrastructure Funding and Longitudinal Analysis Division | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5001 | 1656441 | 0.8 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Operational Research | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-4051 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Deputy Director Efficiency and Reform Division. Responsible for leading Finance and Commercial Group’s support for the ALB reform programme including the work to transform the provision of Finance and Commercial services in the Department for Education family ensuring that the required administrative savings are delivered. To develop an operating model for Finance and Commercial Activity and work with ALB Finance and Commercial Directors to ensure that NDPBs have effective Finance and Commercial functions until closure (and beyond) and new Executive Agency set up is achieved. To work with the People and Change Group to manage the transition of people from the ALBs into the Department and to support the Head of Finance professionalism. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Finance and Commercial Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-4090 | 224734 | 0.76 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Finance | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-2051 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Rights and Resilience Division has responsibility for the sponsorship on behalf of government of the Office of the Children's Commissioner (OCC) and of the planned reforms to the OCC. It takes the lead on government's relationship with the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child. It also seeks to improve the outcomes of vulnerable young people by supporting action across government and in local areas which helps to reduce young people's involvement in substance misuse, crime, and in reducing levels of teenage pregnancy. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Supporting Children and Young People Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-2050 | 700026 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-3034 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Overseeing policies and strategies to raise educational standards in English and maths; overseeing technology policy and overseeing the Department’s business engagement with Ofsted. | Department for Education | Department for Education | School Standards Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-3030 | 1001745 | 0.5 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Jobshare | 1 |
| DFE-5012 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Head of Sponsored Academies Projects Division: Responsible for managing the projects to establish new sponsored academies, working with sponsors and schools to overcome obstacles and take projects through to successful opening and delivering a smooth handover to the Young Peoples’ Learning Agency, which manages the relationship with open academies. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Academies Delivery Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5010 | 2444001 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-2031 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | I am Deputy Director responsible for early years quality and standards. This is part of Children, Young People and Families Directorate | Department for Education | Department for Education | Early Years, Extended Schools and Special Needs Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-2010 | 1287114 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-5021 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Develops policy on start-up funding for Academies, Academies' access to capital funds and on resolving financial barriers to schools becoming Academies. Manages the DfE contracts that Academies and Free Schools can use to buy in project management and educational services to help set up their school. Responsible for publishing the Academies Annual Report to Parliament and ensuring effective internal data systems on Academies information. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Academies Policy and School Organisation Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5020 | 985571 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-3034 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Overseeing policies and strategies to raise educational standards in English and maths; overseeing technology policy and overseeing the Department’s business engagement with Ofsted. | Department for Education | Department for Education | School Standards Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-3030 | 1006657 | 0.73 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Jobshare | 1 |
| DFE-2062 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Analysis and Research Division - Developing the analytical framework and information strategy for children - young people and families and managing research and evaluation of all our policies and programmes | Department for Education | Department for Education | Supporting Delivery Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-2060 | 1123683 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Social Research | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-2061 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Local Area Policy and Performance Divison covers: · The role of the local authority in education and children’s services and the associated framework of local partnership arrangements. The Department's interest in Community Budgets. Facilitation of stakeholder relations with Local Authorities · The Department's interest in health reforms and the Department's relationship with the Department of Health; · Performance Improvement in local authority children's services, including the development of sector led approaches, leadership development and coordination of wider workforce issues; · Policy on tackling weak local authority performance. Management of the Department's interventions in poorly performing Local Authorities. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Supporting Delivery Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-2060 | 1373721 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-2055 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Young People Division: Policy on services for young people and the joint leadership and national roll-out of the National Citizen Service (with the Office for Civil Society): Its responsibilities also include the delivery of early intervention and improved targeted support to vulnerable young people; MyPlace settings; and increasing VCS participation in delivery of youth services. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Supporting Children and Young People Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-2050 | 922127 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-3040 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Education Standards Analysis & Research Division (SARD) provides high-quality and relevant statistics / analysis / research / evaluation that contribute to the development and implementation of well-founded and cost-effective policies and the dissemination of accurate - authoritative information to the policy areas of the Directorate. All of the division’s staff members are specialists drawn from the government's Statistics / Economics / Social Research / Operational Research professions. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Analysis and Research Division | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-3024 | 1931291 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Statisticians | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-4073 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Deputy Director for Policy Impact - oversees and gives strategic direction to the policy making process in DfE and leads delivery of related guidance and training so that staff can focus their skills and time on developing and delivering effective policies. The Division also provides specialist advice on equality, sustainability, regulatory reform, devolution and migration and works with teams to help them and the Department as a whole to meet legal requirements and Government commitments in these areas. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Strategic Analysis Research and Policy Impact Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-4070 | 669704 | 0.86 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-4072 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | The Deputy Director of SA is the Department's Chief Economist leading a division whose role is to ensure that appropriate economic analysis and international statistical evidence influences all key policy and spending decisions affecting DfE. As the Department's Chief Economist she ensures that the Department recruits and develops high-quality economists for all its policy directorates. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Strategic Analysis Research and Policy Impact Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-4070 | 561011 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Economics | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-5016 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Joint Head of the Preventing Extremism Unit. Responsible for ensuring that children are not exposed to extremists or extremist views in schools or out of school hours learning. Responsible for due diligence arrangements to ensure that people with extremist views are not able to establish or take over schools. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Free Schools Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5010 | 520409 | 0.58 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-5023 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Independent Education and school governance division covers: 1. Regulation of independent schools. 2. Independent school policy. 3. Home education. 4. Boarding schools. 5. School governance. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Academies Policy and School Organisation Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5020 | 888286 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-2002 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Policy advice and development on strategic and Financial issues that go across the range of the Directorate’s responsibilities for children and young people and families supporting discussion and decision making within the senior management team. Control of the finances for CYPFD including Sure Start Grant payments - management information on programme and administrative costs - guidance on accounting - propriety and value for money; strategic financial analysis; engagement in the Department’s financial exercises. Joint management of the Directorate Support Division. Overall management of the HR and other non-financial support functions in the Directorate including the DG’s private office. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Children, Young People and Families Directorate Support Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-2001 | 642918 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Finance | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-2060 | Paul Kissack | SCS2 | Director | Director of Supporting Delivery Group. Responsible for ensuring an effective strategic relationship between the Department and the children’s services sector, including: (a) leading policy on the local authority role in children’s services – local accountability improvement, inspection and intervention; (b) coordinating activity to support the development of the role of all service providers, including the Voluntary and Community Sector and private providers, including through promoting effective commissioning and cost-effective practice; and (c) ensuring reforms to the health system support positive outcomes for children and young people. Managing and Leading the CYPFD Programme of policy and delivery, including the analytical programme supporting effective policy making. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Supporting Delivery Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-2001 | 0 | 1 | 95000 | 99999 | Not set | Policy | Covering a maternity leave post | 1 |
| DFE-4081 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Deputy Director Strategy Unit - responsible for developing the Department’s strategy, looking afresh at critical issues, problem solving, and developing strategy and policy in areas where new challenges emerge or are anticipated. Improve the Department’s strategic capability, by preparing for strategic challenges, through horizon-scanning to identify issues and trends, and by sharing strategy project skills and developing and promoting strategic tools and approaches. Responsible for management of the Spending Review, and Budget and PBR processes, meeting the milestones set by Ministers and HMT in order to achieve the right settlement for the Department in constrained financial circumstances, to spend money effectively at the frontline, and to advise on strategic resource/financial issues. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Strategy and Performance Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-4080 | 684145 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-3066 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Head of the Qualifications System Division. Responsible for managing the Department’s relationship with Ofqual; handling issues relating to the delivery of examinations in schools; oversight of the Exams Deliver Support Unit which supports exams centres to ensure the effective management, administration and successful awarding of General Qualifications; and the programme of work leading to QCDA’s closure in 2012. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Qualifications and Participation Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-3060 | 425994 | 0.67 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Jobshare | 1 |
| 0 | N/D | SCS1 | Not in post | N/A | Department for Education | Department for Education | N/A | N/A | N/A | DfE-2010 | 0 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-5045 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | On secondment to Cambridge City Council | Department for Education | Department for Education | Education Funding Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5040 | 0 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Outward secondment funded by host | 1 |
| DFE-4045 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Head of News Division, responsible for leading the Press Office and Speeches teams to ensure Ministers' messages are communicated effectively through national media and speech platforms. Also leads the Internal Communications team to ensure communications to staff about the Department's priorities are well-understood. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Communications Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-4003 | 803339 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Communications | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-5046 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Adviser to the Secretary of State | Department for Education | Department for Education | Private Office | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5040 | 0 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-5018 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | The Schools Commissioner is responsible for 1) Identifying and agreeing new Academies in place of underperforming schools; 2) Identifying new Academy sponsors and working with existing sponsors to identify new Academy projects; 3) Policy and systems for approving organisations to sponsor Academies and matching sponsors to projects; 4) Monitoring the performance of open Academies; 5) Challenging and supporting Academies where their performance is below the expected levels; 6) Promoting government policy to extend the opportunities for Academy status for all schools, in order to narrow the gap in school performance | Department for Education | Department for Education | Office of the Schools Commissioner | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-5010 | 0 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-2064 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Strategy, Programme and Voluntary Sector Division covers: 1. Management of the directorate’s grant programme with the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise sector (VCSE) 2. Facilitation of stakeholder relationships with the VCSE sector and development of the directorate’s policy towards the sector 3. Management of the directorate’s programme. 4. Strategic support to the directorate’s programme, 5. Providing financial and internal business support to the Supporting Delivery Group. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Supporting Delivery Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-2060 | 728329 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-3065 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Responsible for implementation of the Raising the Participation Age legislation that increased the education/training leaving age to 18 by 2015. Policy on reducing the proportion of 16-18 year olds who are not in education / employment / training. The September Guarantee that secures a suitable offer of a place in learning for all 16/17 year olds. Policy on narrowing the gap in attainment of Level 2 / Level 3 qualifications at age 19 between young people who were eligible for Free School Meals and their peers, and policy on careers. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Qualifications Strategy and Reform Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-3060 | 0 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DFE-4023 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Head of Business Solutions Unit. Responsible for delivering ICT Programmes and Projects in CIO Group which include delivery of new applications and systems and ICT enabled business change. The role is accountable for the Information Workplace services and as Chief Knowledge Officer is the Head of Profession for Knowledge and Information Management. The role has a cross government responsibility on the G-Cloud Programme. As Foundation Delivery Partner for Collaboration has responsibility for delivering the first collaboration tools in the G-Cloud and developing the collaboration market. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Chief Information Officer and Property Asset Management Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-4020 | 1200470 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Information Technology | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-2042 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | The Child Safety Unit is responsible for a range of child safeguarding issues including: 1. Internet safety (secretariat for UK Council for Child Internet Safety - leading Government policy on cyberbullying and limiting children’s access to harmful material online). 2. The law on physical punishment of children. 3. Reforming the law on child employment and children who perform. 4. Private fostering. 5. Reforming the National Minimum Standards for Residential Family Centres. The Unit provides strategy, business planning, HR, administration and finance support to the whole of Safeguarding Group, including administering a number of grants to the voluntary and community sector. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Qualifications Strategy and Reform Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-2040 | 0 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-2057 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Child Poverty Unit; A joint unit of the Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Education and HMT; it’s mission is to make child poverty everybody’s business and work in partnership with stakeholders within and outside government to ensure that no child has their childhood or life chances blighted by poverty and to drive the changes needed to eradicate child poverty by 2020 and beyond. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Supporting Children and Young People Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-2050 | 288629 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |
| DfE-2046 | N/D | SCS1 | Deputy Director | Child Poverty Unit; A joint unit of the Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Education and HMT; it’s mission is to make child poverty everybody’s business and work in partnership with stakeholders within and outside government to ensure that no child has their childhood or life chances blighted by poverty and to drive the changes needed to eradicate child poverty by 2020 and beyond. | Department for Education | Department for Education | Supporting Children and Young People Group | 0370 000 2288 | N/D | DfE-2040 | 678223 | 1 | N/D | Not set | Not set | Policy | Not set | 1 |