Director General, Strategy
Tony Foot
Biography
Tony Foot is Director General for Strategy Group at the Department for Education, taking on the role in March 2023.
His previous roles include:
- Director of Strategic Finance at the Department for Education
- Director of Schools Funding and Analysis at the Department for Education
- Leading the Academies South division at the Educational and Skills Funding Agency
- Senior roles in HM Treasury and the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit
Director General, Strategy
The role is responsible for:
- education strategy and delivery of strategic priorities across DfE
- education recovery, levelling up and disadvantage policies
- sustainability
- international education
- strategic analysis, research, data and science
- communications
- rapid response and emergency planning
- policy capability
- private office