9 government bodies, 5 named officials, 4 programmes and 5 policies, from the ministries' own sites.
4 source sites did not fully answer our request; the status is shown on the body it belongs to. Last mined 2026-08-02.
BOMAtlas indexes 2,942 research institutions in United Kingdom from the Research Organization Registry.
The ministries, regulators and funds that hold the mandate, with the office holder where we could verify one.
Responsible for children's services and education, including early years, schools, higher and further education policy, in England only; supported by 13 agencies and public bodies.
Lucy Powell · Secretary of State for Education
Verified as of 2026-07-31
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Accelerates innovation and ensures safe deployment of new technologies across the UK; owns digital connectivity (gigabit broadband, rural 4G), AI policy (AI Security Institute sits within DSIT), and digital government.
Leads the UK's diplomatic, development and consular work worldwide; the UK's global education donor arm (GPE, Education Cannot Wait, Girls' Education Challenge).
Ed Miliband · Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Verified as of 2026-07-31
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Devolved authority for all education in Scotland: schools, colleges, universities, early learning and childcare; current delivery framed by the National Improvement Framework 2025.
Màiri McAllan · Cabinet Secretary for Education, Culture and Gaelic
Verified as of 2026-07-31
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Devolved authority for education and skills in Wales: curriculum and assessment, additional learning needs, school evaluation, student finance, Welsh-language education.
Anna Brychan · Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Verified as of 2026-07-31
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Statutory duty to promote the education of the people of Northern Ireland and ensure effective implementation of education policy; partner bodies include the Education Authority and CCEA.
Paul Givan · Minister of Education (Northern Ireland)
Verified as of 2026-07-31
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Non-ministerial department regulating qualifications, examinations and assessments in England, established under the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009.
Executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Education; provides free, optional, adaptable digital curriculum resources to teachers and pupils, including AI tools.
Communications regulator and the online-safety regulator under the Online Safety Act 2023, including the Protection of Children Codes of Practice.
Named interventions currently running, announced, stalled or ended. A partner entering here joins one of these or explains why not.
Free AI-powered lesson assistant (RAG over Oak's teacher-authored curriculum library) that generates lesson plans, slides, quizzes and worksheets aligned to the national curriculum in England; launched September 2024.
Reach: 30,000+ teachers in its first 6 months (Oak's own figure)
FCDO programme (IATI GB-GOV-1-301293, implemented via IBRD) channelling the UK's £430 million pledge to GPE, the largest UK pledge to GPE ever, made at the 2021 UK/Kenya-hosted Global Education Summit.
Reach: GPE strategic plan targets 40 million more girls in school and 17 million more girls reading in LICs/LMICs
FCDO flagship girls' education portfolio referenced in the Girls' Education Action Plan, with country programmes including Nigeria, Nepal, Afghanistan and Ghana.
NI Department of Education's major education reform programme covering curriculum, assessment, qualifications, school improvement and educational disadvantage, backed by teacher professional development investment.
The strategy documents in force. These are what an intervention has to be written into.
FCDO action plan with two global targets: 40 million more girls in primary/secondary school and 20 million more girls reading by age 10 in low and lower-middle-income countries, delivered through GPE, Education Cannot Wait and the Girls' Education Challenge.
Scottish Government framework setting out actions to deliver seven outcomes across education and skills.
50-recommendation AI plan published January 2025 with a government response; 'One Year On' progress report 29 January 2026; target of 10 million workers with AI skills by 2030.
Published 21 January 2025 by the Digital Centre for Government, a distinct unit within DSIT expanding GDS to absorb the Central Digital and Data Office, the Incubator for AI, the Geospatial Commission and parts of the Responsible Tech Adoption Unit; five priorities including harnessing AI for public good.
Statutory online-safety regime enforced by Ofcom, including the Protection of Children Codes of Practice.