The minister for school standards will be responsible for early education and childcare covering funding, support for the workforce, curriculum, quality and the early education entitlements.
He will also add PE and school sport and the Pupil premium to his existing portfolio.
Earlier today, responding to the Early Years Alliance's Workload survey, he tweeted, 'To clarify that EY teachers and practitioners don’t need to prepare paperwork for inspectors. We want to free teachers and practitioners to spend more time on important activities such as reading to children.'
The addition to Mr Gibb's brief follows the news that Michelle Donelan will be taking on the role of children and families minister while Kemi Badenoch is on maternity leave.
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