News Lord Agnew’s DfE career in Schools Week front pages Lord Agnew, the former academies minister, has departed the Department for Education. The academy trust founder has got a… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Exclusive DfE in ‘serious data breach’ after naming whistleblowers The government chose not to redact the names of three whistleblowers who gave evidence relating to cheating allegations against… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News DfE proposes legal definition of ‘full-time’ education The government is seeking to define what constitutes full-time education in law for the first time, as part of… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Three-quarters of grammars turned down for £14.3m expansion cash Six grammar schools across four local authority areas will split £14.3 million to expand and create an extra 1,100… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News Baroness Berridge appointed as education minister Baroness Berridge has been appointed parliamentary under secretary of state at the Department for Education. The Conservative peer was… James Carr 5y James Carr 5y News Exclusive Ministers want academy trusts to open their own AP Some of England’s largest academy trusts are considering establishing their own alternative provision for excluded pupils. It comes as… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Exclusive: Lord Agnew ‘to leave’ the DfE Academies minister Lord Agnew is to leave the Department for Education, Schools Week understands. The Tory peer has been… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News Ofsted extends curriculum grace period for a year Schools will get an extra year to bring their curriculum into line with Ofsted’s new inspection framework, after the… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Williamson and Gibb re-appointed in post-Brexit reshuffle Gavin Williamson will continue in the role of education secretary following a reshuffle that saw a number of his… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y News Williamson to scrap 5,000 qualifications, but BTECs review delayed A consultation on plans to remove funding for more than 5,000 legacy qualifications at level three and below has… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News Exclusive Revealed: £120k ‘cost-cutter’ savings at case study school were already being implemented Cost-cutting measures that saved £120,000 at an academy singled out as a success story of Lord Agnew’s controversial resource… John Dickens 5y John Dickens 5y News, Politics Government’s ‘obsession’ with phonics is driven by need to help working-class white boys The underperformance of white working-class boys in England’s education system is what has driven the government’s “obsession” with reading… Freddie Whittaker 5y Freddie Whittaker 5y Newer 1 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 975 Older