Politics

Hinds: ‘I was wrong’ on teacher golden handcuffs

Schools minister also reveals changes to the early career framework and more details on non-grad teaching apprenticeship

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School funding

Deprived schools have faced double the budget cuts, study warns

Extra funding for disadvantaged pupils has shrunk over the last decade

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
School buildings

Government contractors signed off on unsafe £45m schools

DfE admits technical advisers who rubber-stamped buildings now facing demolition were its own contractors

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker and Amy Walker
Ofsted

Ruth Perry: Ofsted delays inspections by a day for extra training

Lead inspectors called in to urgent training on dealing with anxious heads and new complaints hotline

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Ofsted

Ruth Perry: ‘Risk of future deaths’ if lessons not learned, says coroner

Education secretary urged to pay more than 'lip service' to report after ruling Ofsted inspection contributed to head's death

Freddie Whittaker
Amy Walker and Freddie Whittaker
Recruitment

Just half of secondary teacher recruitment target met

The secondary target has been missed 10 out of the last 11 years

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Home education register plan ‘blocked’ from King’s Speech

Top DfE boss suggests long-promised plans for register of children not in school were put forward to become law...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
RAAC

Keegan won’t set RAAC eradication deadline until the new year

Education secretary says she won't give 'definitive date' until all schools have been made safe, as number affected increases...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
PISA

PISA: Results show ‘significant de-emphasis’ on science – Spielman

While England's maths and reading scores had been improving, science results have fallen steadily since 2012

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker