RAAC: Treasury snubbed 10-year school rebuild funds, says ex-minister Lord Agnew says he had ‘probably 10 meetings’ to try to get a ‘long-term envelope’ confirmed
Spielman: Oliver has the ‘steel and integrity’ for top Ofsted job Current chief inspector says she is ‘very optimistic’ about the tenure of her successor as she prepares to leave after 7 years
DfE hopes £1.2m contract will boost academy trustee recruitment Tender comes as survey finds three quarters of governors have difficulty recruiting to their boards
RAAC questionnaire: Trusts ‘assured’ they won’t be named and shamed Sector leader says ministers have said responsible bodies deemed not to have responded ‘will not be named publicly’
RAAC: DfE snubbed schools’ bids for flagship rebuilding scheme Ten schools now confirmed with RAAC applied for the current school rebuilding programme, but were rejected
RAAC: DfE finally publishes list of affected schools Almost 1 in 3 schools with confirmed RAAC delay term or use remote learning, government data shows
Catherine McKinnell appointed shadow schools minister Newcastle North MP replaces Stephen Morgan in Labour frontbench reshuffle
Ofsted: 10 things we learned from Martyn Oliver in front of MPs Incoming chief inspector will ‘look at’ single-word judgments, wants inclusion to feature more in inspections and will be based in the north
RAAC: ‘Everyone else has sat on their arse and done nothing’, says Keegan Education secretary caught on camera suggesting she deserves praise for doing a ‘f***ing good job’