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Damian Hinds pays tribute to Justine Greening as he meets DfE staff

The new education secretary has lauded his predecessor Justine Greening today, as he met staff at the Department for…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Durand’s legal fees trebled in 2017, accounts reveal

Accounts of the troubled Durand Academy Trust show the organisation almost trebled its legal and professional fees in 2017….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Plans to widen access to grammar schools delayed by reshuffle

Plans for a formal agreement between grammar schools and the government to widen access for disadvantaged pupils have been…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Nadhim Zahawi becomes education minister

Nadhim Zahawi, the MP for Stratford-upon-Avon has become an education minister in today’s reshuffle. Downing Street has confirmed that…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Nick Gibb remains schools minister following reshuffle

Nick Gibb will continue to serve as schools minister following Theresa May’s front bench reshuffle. The MP for Bognor…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Children’s minister Robert Goodwill sacked

The children and families minister Robert Goodwill has been sacked after just six months in the role. Goodwill was…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Toby Young quits Office for Students to ‘get on’ with free schools work

Toby Young, the journalist and free schools advocate, has resigned from his new role on the board of the…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Damian Hinds: 9 facts about the new education secretary

Damian Hinds is the new education secretary, having replaced Justine Greening earlier tonight after her unexpected resignation from the…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
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Damian Hinds becomes education secretary

Damian Hinds has been named as the new education secretary. He replaces Justine Greening, who resigned from the government…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Education secretary Justine Greening resigns

The education secretary Justine Greening has resigned from the government, it has been confirmed. The MP for Putney has…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Don’t stop pupils taking triple science based on results alone, Spielman tells schools

Schools should not prevent pupils from studying GCSEs they are unlikely to pass, the chief inspector of schools has…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Botched computing test won’t count towards final GCSE grades, Ofqual confirms

A 20-hour non-examined assessment in computer science will not count towards pupils’ final GCSE grades in 2018 or 2019…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson