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 6y James Carr 6y 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 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y 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 6y John Dickens 6y 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 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y 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 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y 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 6y John Dickens 6y 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 6y John Dickens 6y 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 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Agnew launches ‘rapid feedback’ school spending comparison service The government is launching a “rapid feedback” service to compare similar schools based on how frugal they are. And… John Dickens 6y John Dickens 6y News ‘We are not convinced’ – leaders’ union ASCL won’t back #PauseOfsted campaign The Association of School and College Leaders will not back calls for school staff to stop working as Ofsted… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News DfE property firm’s boss got £30k bonus, despite missed value-for-money target The boss of the Department for Education’s property company received a £30,000 bonus last year, despite the organisation missing… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Special school with ‘serious, widespread’ safeguarding failures to get a new sponsor A residential special school in Worcestershire will be moved to a new academy trust after inspectors identified “serious, widespread”… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y Newer 1 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 1,006 Older
