Academies

Ex-academies ministers team up to torpedo schools bill powers

The government will also seek to amend its own legislation to require councils to consult more widely before converting...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

80 winners scoop silver at the 2022 Pearson National Teaching Awards

Education secretary praises 'incredible educators who support our children to achieve their potential'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Half of new teachers struggle to balance teaching and training

Government evaluation report also reveals three in four mentors have struggled to spend time on their own training

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Covid

One in four pupils were persistently absent in autumn 2021

Changes to isolation rules reduced Covid-related absence, but illness drove a rise in other absences

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

DfE plans first step in academy revolution

Work to move to all-academies system will begin later this term

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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