Sir Nick Gibb

Sir Nick Gibb was the MP for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton between 1997 and 2024, having represented the constituency for 27 years. Nick is also a former Schools Minister, serving for over 10 years in the UK Government under four Prime Ministers  (2010-12, 2014-21 and 2022-23). He is a qualified chartered accountant, having worked for KPMG in the 13 years prior to becoming an MP in 1997. Nick graduated in law from the University of Durham in 1981. 

 As Schools Minister, Nick introduced the Phonics Screening Check and the Multiplication Tables Check and he reformed the Primary National Curriculum as well as introducing revised GCSEs and A levels.  

 As Education Minister, Nick overhauled the teacher training framework (“Core Content Framework”), and the CPD for teachers in the first two years in the profession (“Early Career Framework”) to ensure that initial teacher training and continuing professional development was evidence-led, as determined by the Education Endowment Foundation. He also oversaw the reform of the suite of National Professional Qualifications (“NPQs”) for teachers, senior leaders and head teachers. He also revised, simplified and strengthened the Teachers’ Standards. 

 The PIRLS international study of the reading ability of 9-year-olds reported England coming 4th in the world of countries that tested children of the same age, with England achieving its highest ever score – largely attributed to the reforms introduced since 2010. And the recent PISA survey showed England rising from 27th to 11th place in Maths (2009 to 2022). 

 A recent Daily Telegraph article quoted Nick Gibb “as the most influential schools minister in England’s history”. 

 Nick Gibb, together with his co-author, Robert Peal, published their book Reforming Lessons in August 2025, about England’s education reforms.