Schools

DfE says Oak quango needed to break ‘cycle’ of curriculum weakness

Everything you need to know about the government’s case for creating a new arms-length curriculum body

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Two former schools ministers to run for education committee chair

Robin Walker and Jonathan Gullis throw their hats in the ring to succeed Robert Halfon

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Boosting reading in secondary schools: 6 Ofsted report findings

Watchdog says tips from top schools will help others improve reading for struggling pupils and inform its own inspections

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Politics

Academies minister Baroness Barran stays on

The appointment seems to complete the new Department for Education ministerial line-up

John Dickens
John Dickens
Politics

Claire Coutinho appointed education minister

The former investment banker joins Nick Gibb and Rob Halfon who are set to be named schools minister and…

John Dickens
John Dickens
Schools

Children’s social service referrals from schools soar to record high

New data shows schools have seen the largest increase in referrals of any service, up 50 per cent since…

Amy Walker
Amy Walker


Politics

A ‘British Baccalaureate’ for schools? What you need to know

New PM Rishi Sunak wants to reform post-16 education, but there are two big hurdles: time and the returning…

John Dickens
John Dickens
Schools

Uniform policies banning Afro hair ‘likely to be unlawful’, says watchdog

The Equality and Human Rights Commission will publish guidance for schools to ‘ensure hairstyle policies are not unlawfully discriminatory’…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School funding

Most schools to cut staff, axe repairs and up class sizes over funding crisis

Heads reveal ‘catastrophic’ and ‘devastating’ reality of rising costs

John Dickens
John Dickens
Politics

Nick Gibb and Robert Halfon return as education ministers

It is understood both will pick up their old jobs as new PM Rishi Sunak reportedly plans for a…

John Dickens
John Dickens
Tutoring

1 in 10 schools shun tutor scheme, as workload woes revealed

More than nine in 10 senior school leaders say their workload increased with the National Tutoring Programme, a new…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Tutoring

Schools ‘don’t really know’ if tutoring is working, Ofsted finds

School inspectorate says most schools had not been assessing tuition effectively

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth