Politics

Staff say overcrowding hampered bomb scare evacuation at DfE’s Sheffield office

Workers warn of 'disaster waiting to happen' after incident on day of top civil servant's visit

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Schools bill: Ex-ministers line up to criticise DfE ‘power grab’

Draft law would make Nadhim Zahawi 'the chief education officer' for thousands of schools, peers warn

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Make schools ‘corporate parents’ for looked-after children, says review

Landmark MacAlister review warns the relationship between social care and education has become 'consistently fraught'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies, Politics

Zahawi under fire over ‘misleading’ academy claims

Education secretary faces calls to 'correct the record' in Parliament after officials admit academy comparisons could mislead

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Not enough desks as DfE staff ordered back to crowded offices

Whole teams turned away from workplaces as government push to end home-working backfires

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher training

Top-grade uni among victims in savage first ITT review round

Snub ‘perplexes’ first university to get new Ofsted ‘outstanding’ as others recently rated 'good' also left out

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Schools Week mental health investigation longlisted for top journalism award

Eight-page special on the CAMHS crisis is in the running for the Paul Foot award for investigative and campaigning...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

Students warned over hoax exam papers for sale

GCSE and A-level exams began this week

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies, Politics

DfE to correct academy claims after stats watchdog slapdown

Statistics regulator warns over 'transparency, quality and replicability' of data in 'case for a fully trust-led system' document

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker