The Rt Hon Lord Hill of Oareford CBE

Biography

Lord Hill was appointed Leader of the House of Lords in January 2013. He is a Conservative member of the House of Lords.

Education

He was educated at Highgate School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he studied history.

Career

Lord Hill worked as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Schools from May 2010 to January 2013. He was an adviser in Whitehall in the 1980s and 1990s. He worked at 3 government departments - Employment, Trade and Industry and Health - before joining the Number 10 Policy Unit in 1991. He was Political Secretary and Head of the Prime Minister’s Political Office from 1992 to 1994.

Personal life

Lord Hill is married with 3 children.

Announcements

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• Lord Hill on the studio schools movement
  • 18 October 2012
  • Speech
• Lord Hill to the Church of England Academy Family Conference
  • 03 August 2012
  • Speech
• Lord Hill to the National Conference for Senior Leaders of Catholic Secondary Education
  • 03 August 2012
  • Speech
• Academies to have same freedom as free schools over teachers
  • 27 July 2012
  • News story
• Government publishes destination data for the first time
  • 17 July 2012
  • News story
• Weak primary schools in Lancashire to become academies
  • 12 July 2012
  • News story
• Opening speech by Lord Hill of Oareford on the second reading of the Academies Bill
  • 26 April 2012
  • Speech
• Fair funding for all schools
  • 13 April 2012
  • Press release
• Response to the Observer article
  • 28 February 2012
  • News story
• Academy freedoms for pupil referral units
  • 27 February 2012
  • Press release

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