Schools

Kent admits it has not run out of school places amid migrant crisis

Kent council leaders said last week there were no Year 7 or 9 school places in some areas of…

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Exams

A-level disadvantage gap widest since records began

New data also shows record number of schools needing extra arrangements for exam students

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

DfE academy troubleshooter banned from teaching for ‘bullying’ staff

Teaching Regulation Agency panel finds Sarah Gillett ‘engineered’ redundancy ‘in retaliation’ for grievance

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

New Michaela Stevenage school scrapped over lack of ‘basic need’

Headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh says opening second school would be ‘financially detrimental’ to other settings in the area

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Ofsted

Ofsted to carry out review of schools’ careers guidance

Watchdog to recommend improvements in practice by next autumn

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Half of academy trusts could be in deficit in two years

Confederation of School Trusts calls for multi-year spending plans after analysis reveals reality of unfunded pay offers and spiralling…

Amy Walker
Amy Walker


Politics

Nicky Morgan joins Careers and Enterprise Company as chair

Former education secretary to help lead organisation she set up whilst at the DfE

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

‘Voluntary exit’ scheme launched as DfE seeks to lose 10% of staff

Staff without ‘skills the department needs for the future’ to be offered three weeks’s salary per year of service…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Politics

Meet the ministers: DfE confirms briefs (again) of new team

Gibb is back as schools minister while new recruit Coutinho takes on ‘children, families and wellbeing’ brief

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Spielman: Special school crisis leaves primary pupils ‘languishing’ in AP

Places shortage, lengthy waits for EHC plans and no cash means some youngsters stuck in ‘unsuitable’ alternative provision, Ofsted…

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Politics

School cuts: Ministers’ seats will be £7.4m worse-off next year

But constituencies of DfE politicians will face a smaller average cut than the rest of England, analysis shows

Donna Ferguson
Donna Ferguson
Politics

Grammar schools? My focus is on those who don’t get in, says Keegan

New education secretary also says ‘the answer to every problem is not more money’, claiming standards have ‘gone up…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker