Election 2024

SEND moved into schools minister McKinnell’s brief

Move to align special needs with schools responsibilities comes after education secretary said she’s ‘gripping the issue’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
RSHE

Labour faces pressure to ditch Tory RSHE reforms

More than 100 organisations warn draft RSHE guidance ‘falls short of what is required to help keep children safe,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Election 2024

SEND crisis must be ‘first order issue’ for new government

Labour has inherited a system on its knees with councils facing bankruptcy, parents forced into court and schools crying…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Academies: No MAT target, but mergers growing

Around one in five trusts which were running schools in 2019 are no longer in operation

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Politics

Sir Kevan Collins joins the DfE board

Former EEF boss and catch up tsar will advise Phillipson on raising school standards

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Election 2024

Catherine McKinnell: 9 facts about the new schools minister

Roles have not been officially confirmed, but one of McKinnell’s colleagues has said she will cover schools brief

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Election 2024

Stephen Morgan and Janet Daby join DfE ministerial team

They join Bridget Phillipson, Catherine McKinnell and Jacqui Smith at the department

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

NCFE fined £300k for 2022 T-level exam fiasco

Awarding body has promised errors will not happen again

Samantha Booth
Anviksha Patel
News

Key stage 2 SATs 2024: Slight improvement in reading and writing

Slight rise in pupils meeting overall expected standard, but attainment not yet back to pre-pandemic high

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SATs

Scaled scores for 2024 key stage 2 SATs announced

Department for Education publishes marks pupils need to meet the ‘expected’ standard

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Exclusions

Trust sponsor to trial youth hubs for at-risk pupils

Oasis charity says hub will provide therapeutic care and mentoring after-school for pupils at risk of exclusion

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Election 2024

Damian Hinds named shadow education secretary

Former schools minister and education secretary will shadow Bridget Phillipson’s new DfE team

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker