The future of major school reforms face at the least being delayed after the department was plunged into turmoil when four ministers resigned earlier this week, resulting in three education secretaries in just two days.
As of Friday afternoon, the Department for Education had just four serving ministers. James Cleverly, appointed yesterday, replaced Michelle Donelan, the shortest-serving education secretary in history on Wednesday. She held the job for just 35 hours.
It was part of a mass resignation – a fall-out marking one of the most tumultuous weeks in political history, climaxing in the resignation of Boris Johnson.
