The briefs for the new education ministers in Boris Johnson’s government have begun to emerge following last week’s reshuffle.

Vicky Ford has revealed that she has been appointed as the children’s minister in the new government.

Last week, it was announced that education secretary Gavin Williamson and schools minister Nick Gibb were keeping their jobs, and the Department for Education’s website suggests their briefs are unchanged.

Appointment: Baroness Berridge is new education minister

Reshuffle: Lord Agnew leaves academies minister role

Cabinet: Gavin Williamson to stay on as education secretary

DfE: Schools minister Nick Gibb survives another reshuffle

Michelle Donelan has been promoted to minister of state in the DfE. She was previously parliamentary under-secretary and assisted Gavin Williamson with the further education brief but has said that she will be the new universities minister.

And Gillian Keegan has told Tes she has been appointed apprenticeship and skills minister.  

This suggests that Tory peer Baroness Berridge who has been appointed parliamentary under-secretary of state at the DfE will replace Lord Agnew, who was moved to the Cabinet Office in last week’s reshuffle.

Lord Agnew was minister for the school system and had responsibility for academies and multi-academy trusts, faith schools, independent schools, home education and supplementary schools.

He also oversaw the department’s work on exit preparation from the European Union.