Schools

New aides to DfE regional directors named

Appointments include academy trust CEOs Rob Tarn and Rowena Hackwood

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Politics

Six facts about new schools minister Jonathan Gullis

Gullis has caused controversy, from calling teachers ‘woke warriors’ to rowdy behaviour in the Commons

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Jonathan Gullis appointed schools minister

Grammar schools fan is now in charge of school standards

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Ex-head faces bullying probe amid court battle with teaching union

Mahzia ‘Pepe’ Hart faces a second investigation after allegedly intimidating staff, but accuses the NEU of harassing her

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

Queen Elizabeth II: Schools’ memories of a beloved monarch

The education community remembers the Queen’s warmth, leadership and legendary quick wit during meetings across her 70-year reign

Freddie Whittaker
Samantha Booth and Freddie Whittaker
Schools

School governing boards becoming less diverse, research suggests

Just 6 per cent of governors were black, Asian or minority ethnic, despite a drive to make boards more…

Amy Walker
Amy Walker


Schools

Information watchdog sounds alarm over live school attendance tracker

DfE failed to properly assess risk of collection of pupil data now used by 14,000 schools nationwide, says ICO

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Follow ‘evidence not ideology’ on grammar schools, ministers told

‘Evidence broker’ boss warns expanding selection is ‘unlikely’ to reduce inequality

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Energy support delays could prove costly as schools in limbo

Leaders ‘totally in the dark’ more than a week after Truss’s vague pledge

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Schools

Unusual school job advert seeks to put applicants off

‘I am grateful for your interest, but I am going to try and discourage you from applying’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
News

DfE scheme to lure back physics teachers recruits just 23 in two years

The Government scheme had prioritised the reinstatement of former physics teachers but numbers of those recruited show its efforts…

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Politics

Malthouse set to appoint ex-No 10 education policy adviser

Rory Gribbell would replace Mark Lehain as adviser to the education secretary, but decision with No 10

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker