Attendance

Attendance: Map out bullying ‘hotspots’ to cut absence, says report

Schools found success when they identified areas where pupils did not feel safe

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Election 2024

No ‘quick and easy solutions’ to ‘major’ challenges, Phillipson warns schools

New education secretary tells school staff she will ‘listen, draw on your wealth of experience and act on your…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Election 2024

Catherine McKinnell appointed education minister

MP was shadow schools minister, but exact DfE role has not been confirmed

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Sponsored post

Navigating NPQ Funding Cuts: Discover Leader Apprenticeships with NPQs

Recent cuts to NPQ funding, as reported by Schools Week, mean 14,000 schools previously eligible for scholarships now face…

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Laura Saunders, NPQ Lead Coach, Best Practice Network
Election 2024

Phillipson will write to school staff to ‘reset relationship’

Recruitment campaign also ‘expanded’ – but no details, and nothing yet on 6,500 pledge timeline or pay plans

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Home education

Support services: ‘Rebuild it all around schools’

Variation in support for home educated children shows Labour’s uphill battle to rebuild services around schools

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


Election 2024

Former schools minister Jacqui Smith returns to DfE in Lords role

Ex-home secretary will get a peerage and join Bridget Phillipson’s team

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Election 2024

‘The proudest day of my life’: Phillipson’s full speech to DfE staff

Education secretary says she has ‘greatest job in government’, but warns of ‘scale of the challenge ahead’

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Election 2024

Who is Bridget Phillipson? 8 facts about the new education secretary

What we know about the minister handed the keys to the Department for Education

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Election 2024

Funding: ‘Functioning’ schools ‘won’t be immediate priority’

Ex-education adviser warns of ‘very difficult conversations’ on teacher pay

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Election 2024

Election 2024: Education winners and losers

Your Schools Week guide to how the famous education faces did in last night’s general election

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Election 2024

Stop teachers quitting to help hit recruitment target, Labour told

Election analysis: New government’s key pledge is to recruit 6,500 teachers, but how and when?

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey