Ms Greening is the first secretary of state for education to have attended a comprehensive school.
The job is a promotion for Ms Greening, whose previous role was international development secretary.
In that job at the Department for International Development (DFID) she recently announced funding to help some of the poorest girls in the world to get an education.
Her voting record shows that she is in favour of academies and tuition fees, and for ending financial support for some 16-19 year olds in training and further education.
Ms Greening has been the Conservative MP for Putney, Roehampton and Southfields since she was first elected to Parliament in 2005.
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