Employment tribunal cases against Secretary of State for Education

Since 2017, Secretary of State for Education has appeared as a respondent in 10 employment tribunal cases, with £0 in total awards recorded against the employer.

Total cases: 10
Total awarded against: £0
Largest award: —
Most common claim: Disability discrimination

Indexed: 5 May 2026

Cases by claim type

10 distinct categories

#	Claim type	Cases
01	Disability discrimination	5
02	Race discrimination	4
03	Unfair dismissal	4
04	Whistleblowing	2
05	Age discrimination	2
06	Equal pay	1
07	Unlawful deduction from wages	1
08	Sexual orientation discrimination	1
09	Victimisation	1
10	Breach of contract	1

All cases

10 cases · chronological

Case ref.	Decided	Jurisdiction	Claimant	Claim types	Award
6000653/2025	12 August 2025	England & Wales	Mr D A Dotting	Whistleblowing, Race discrimination	—
2217651/2023	31 October 2024	England & Wales	Mr D A Dotting	Whistleblowing, Race discrimination	—
1800274/2022	15 February 2023	England & Wales	Mr A Maw	Disability discrimination	—
2603628/2019	26 January 2022	England & Wales	Mr A Gainey & Others	Age discrimination, Disability discrimination, Equal pay, Race discrimination, Unfair dismissal, Unlawful deduction from wages	—
1309330/2020	30 April 2021	England & Wales	Mr M Beasley	Disability discrimination	—
2603072/2020	6 March 2021	England & Wales	Mr C Smith	Age discrimination, Race discrimination	—
2411372/2019	19 November 2020	England & Wales	Mr Michael Stevens	Disability discrimination, Sexual orientation discrimination, Unfair dismissal, Victimisation	—
1308506/2019	30 June 2020	England & Wales	Mrs Linda Goodwin	Unfair dismissal	—
2404534/2019

Methodology

Data extracted from published employment tribunal judgments on gov.uk. Case reference, decision date, judge, venue and claim categories come from structured metadata. Claimant and respondent names are extracted from the judgment PDF text. Outcomes and compensation are not yet populated for every case — see how the data is built.