Schools

DfE property arm eyes hundreds of school sites for housing

LocatEd told by department to assess 316 school sites for potential selloff, with more ‘expected’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

DfE’s ITT reforms adviser joins Teach First board

Will Bickford Smith previously taught via the education charity, before leading the controversial reforms in government

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Ofsted

Ofsted snubs calls to publish inspector training guides

School leaders are demanding the watchdog publish ‘aide memoires’ summarising inspection criteria after some were leaked

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
Schools

Schools have surplus land ‘the size of central London’

DfE property company director says selling off land for housing can generate funding for schools

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Key stage 1 attainment down across the board in first tests since 2019

Proportion of pupils meeting ‘expected standard’ falls in phonics, reading, writing and maths – with poorer pupils further behind

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Fund inflation-busting pay rises or face strike ballot, NEU warns

Union warns education secretary they will be in official trade dispute if no commitment by October 14

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Politics

Government’s own website contradicts Truss’s comprehensive PM claim

Theresa May spent time studying at a comprehensive school in the 1970s after her grammar converted

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

‘Appalled’ leaders write to Malthouse over school ‘mediocrity’ claims

Education secretary accused of ‘taking cheap shots at a profession already on its knees’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

DfE facing legal action again over ‘unlawful’ Oak quango

British Educational Suppliers Association says £43 million curriculum body subsidy should be pulled and instead given to schools

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Politics

Malthouse pledges ‘constant pressure’ to boost school standards

Education secretary promises to be ‘much more assertive about intervention and standards’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Gullis urges teachers to give ministers time on pay rather than strike

The schools minister also confirmed that new teacher salaries will rise to £30,000 next year

John Dickens
John Dickens
Politics

Gullis puts undergrad teaching apprenticeship back on table

Schools minister said launching route for those without degrees for primary and early years first could address subject knowledge…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker