Britain’s traumatised education system needs a break – and a decent minister | Simon Jenkins

After two-plus years of Covid and seven secretaries of state in the past six years, teachers and students deserve more support

To be Her Majesty’s secretary of state for education has become a bad joke. There have been seven in the past six years, three in the past two months. Like Keeper of the Wardrobe or Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, the job means nothing besides acting as a visible reminder of the decay of serious government under Boris Johnson.

After two years of trauma, Britain’s educatio...