It comes after Michelle Donelan resigned after barely 36 hours in post. Ms Donelan was appointed on the evening of Tuesday (July 5) and resigned on Thursday morning (July 7).
She had been given the role following the promotion of her predecessor 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. Although Ms Donelan’s 36-hour term is now the shortest ever in history.
Almost 60 ministers resigned this week in a bid to force Boris Johnson to quit, including schools minister Robin Walker, children’s minister Will Quince, and minister for skills Alex Burghart, who walked out of the DfE on Wednesday (July 6). Mr Johnson finally stepped down on the afternoon of July 7.
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