Former long-serving schools minister Nick Gibb has returned to the sector as a trustee at an academy trust founded by a Conservative party donor.
Gibb has joined the board of the David Ross Education Trust (DRET) today. He will also sit on the trust’s education committee. Gibb was a trustee in 2013-14.
David Ross, the Conservative party donor who founded the trust and is now chair of trustees, said: “Nick has been a passionate advocate for change, an ambitious curriculum, and the importance of extra curricular activities in music and sport – these are all things that go to the heart of what it means to be a DRET school and our mission of providing a world-class education that broadens young people’s horizons.
