The shadow secretary of state for education, also called the shadow education secretary, is an office in the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet responsible for Opposition policy on education and for holding the secretary of state for education, junior education ministers, and the Department for Education to account.
Departments shadowed
Ministry of Education (1944–1964)
Department of Education and Science (1964–1992)
Department for Education (1992–1995, 2010–present)
Department for Education and Employment (1995–2001)
Department for Education and Skills (2001–2007)
Department for Children, Schools and Families (2007–2010)