Before this, especially before19th century, the power of British national education was mainly concentrated in the hands of the church. With the rapid development of British economy at the beginning of19th century, it is required that the children of working people must receive a certain education to become qualified labor force, and the voice of asking the state to intervene in education and educate the people is constantly rising. For the British national ruling class, with the completion of the industrial revolution, it is more necessary for well-educated workers to realize the strength of the country and create more industrial output. At the same time, after understanding the power of industrial revolution as a tool for technological innovation, they want to produce more senior technicians to continuously carry out technological innovation. In this context, 1833, the British Parliament passed the education subsidy bill proposed by then Chancellor of the Exchequer althorp, which was a turning point in the development of British education from only religious sects or folk activities to nationalization, and also the beginning of the establishment of the British national education system and the direct control of the country's educational leadership.
1839, the British government established the "Education Committee" for the first time, which was directly responsible for and supervised the payment of allowances. This institution was renamed "Education Bureau" on 1856, and became a national primary education institution led by the government. Later, it was abolished in 1899, and the "education department" directly under the parliament was established, which concentrated the leadership of secondary education. Since then, the nationalization of the British educational leadership system has been initially completed, forming the characteristics of the British educational leadership system.