Director General, Schools
Juliet Chua CB
Biography
Juliet Chua CB is the Director General for Schools Group at the Department for Education, taking on the role on 22 May 2023.
Her previous roles include:
- Director General, Finance and Corporate at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
- Director General for Finance and Corporate Performance at the Department for International Development (DFID)
- Director of Care and Transformation Directorate at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
- Director General for Education Standards at the Department for Education (DfE)
- Assistant Chief Executive at the London Borough of Camden
She has been a civil servant since 2004 and has also worked at HM Treasury and the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit.
Director General, Schools
The director general is a member of the Department for Education’s leadership team and attends the people committee.
The role is responsible for:
- academies and free schools
- the teaching workforce
- the curriculum
- targeted support including the National Tutoring Programme
- exams and general qualifications
- school accountability
- pupil wellbeing and safety
The director general works with the Education and Skills Funding Agency and the Teaching Regulation Agency.
The Chief Executive of the Standards and Testing Agency reports to the Director General, Schools.