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Unions warn the DfE: Don’t short-change experienced teachers

The government’s proposals to reform teacher pay risk “short-changing” more experienced teachers and exacerbating retention problems, education unions have...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Baroness Berridge confirmed as new academies minister

New education minister Baroness Berridge has taken on the school system brief previously held by Lord Agnew, the Department...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Lord Agnew’s DfE career in Schools Week front pages

Lord Agnew, the former academies minister, has departed the Department for Education. The academy trust founder has got a...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

DfE in ‘serious data breach’ after naming whistleblowers

The government chose not to redact the names of three whistleblowers who gave evidence relating to cheating allegations against...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

DfE proposes legal definition of ‘full-time’ education

The government is seeking to define what constitutes full-time education in law for the first time, as part of...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Ministers want academy trusts to open their own AP

Some of England’s largest academy trusts are considering establishing their own alternative provision for excluded pupils. It comes as...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Ofsted extends curriculum grace period for a year

Schools will get an extra year to bring their curriculum into line with Ofsted’s new inspection framework, after the...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Williamson and Gibb re-appointed in post-Brexit reshuffle

Gavin Williamson will continue in the role of education secretary following a reshuffle that saw a number of his...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News, Politics

Government’s ‘obsession’ with phonics is driven by need to help working-class white boys

The underperformance of white working-class boys in England’s education system is what has driven the government’s “obsession” with reading...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker