Author: Freddie Whittaker

The education secretary Justine Greening has resigned from the government, it has been confirmed. The MP for Putney has served as education secretary since July 2016, when she was drafted in by newly-appointed PM Theresa May. But Greening is now out of the cabinet for the first since since 2011. It is understood she offered […]

A new Centre of Excellence for Literacy Teaching will be given £26 million in government funding to open 35 English hubs across the country, Justine Greening is to announce today. The government will also set up a £7.7 million curriculum fund, which will be used to pay “cultural and scientific institutions” to develop new teaching resources. […]

The leaders of the National Education Union have written to the education secretary Justine Greening over “sexist and homophobic” comments made by New Schools Network boss Toby Young. Dr Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney, the union’s joint general secretaries, have warned in a letter sent today that Young’s appointment to the board of the new universities […]

Schools have a “bigger role” to play in preparing younger pupils for the “emotional demands” of social media, and must improve teachers’ knowledge of the impact of apps like Instagram and Snapchat on pupils’ wellbeing, the children’s commissioner for England has said. A new piece of research commissioned by Anne Longfield looked into the effects […]

Blackpool and Walsall have been identified as the two areas of the country most in need of new free schools, as the government prepares to restrict where the controversial institutions can be opened. The New Schools Network has launched a “map of need” tool, to help proposers of new free schools schools with their bids. […]

School business leaders and heads have called for stability in the Department for Education’s ministerial team, as rumours begin to circulate that Justine Greening could be removed from her role as education secretary. Leaders are concerned that 18 months of hard work and relationship-building with Greening could go to waste if she is replaced. There […]

An influential Conservative MP who led the charge for the return of selective education has been given a knighthood, months after the government abandoned its plans for new grammar schools in England. Graham Brady, the MP for Altrincham and Sale West and chair of the powerful 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers, has been recognised in […]

Free school meals should be provided to all pupils from households claiming universal credit, Labour has said, as a consultation on the future of the system enters its final weeks. The shadow education secretary Angela Rayner and shadow work and pensions secretary Debbie Abrahams have issued a joint statement demanding that plans to introduce a […]