Politics

Damian Hinds returns to DfE as schools minister

Appointment follows resignation of schools minister Nick Gibb

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Schools should have SENCo-style role to support young carers

Report warns pupils with caring responsibilities are not being properly identified by schools

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Nick Gibb: Schools minister’s resignation letter – in full

'My passion for ensuring that every child gets the best possible education will remain with me until my dying...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Nick Gibb stands down as schools minister

Front-bencher has dominated Conservative education policymaking since 2005

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

How we were stopped from revealing SEND consultants’ pay

Transparency campaigners cry foul as threat of injunction and massive costs prevents public interest reporting

Freddie Whittaker
Samantha Booth and Freddie Whittaker
News

Unions want £1.7bn more school funding in autumn statement

Chancellor warned that without extra cash, schools 'will begin to cut essential provision in order to survive'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Boosting teacher bursaries would have greater impact than raising pay

Research also finds those recruited off the back of bursaries were more likely to teach in schools which often...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker and Amy Walker
Politics

Prospects for career in teaching ‘never been better’, claims Gibb

Schools minister says free schools have 'liberated' the teaching profession and MATs let leaders advance earlier

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ofsted: ‘Coasting’ schools policy has ‘raised the stakes’, says Spielman

Key findings from the chief inspector's (potentially last) education committee appearance

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker