Schools should have SENCo-style role to support young carers Report warns pupils with caring responsibilities are not being properly identified by schools
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 day’
Nick Gibb stands down as schools minister Front-bencher has dominated Conservative education policymaking since 2005
How we were stopped from revealing SEND consultants’ pay Transparency campaigners cry foul as threat of injunction and massive costs prevents public interest reporting
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’
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 struggle to fill vacancies
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
Ofsted: ‘Coasting’ schools policy has ‘raised the stakes’, says Spielman Key findings from the chief inspector’s (potentially last) education committee appearance
Funding mistake won’t rip up DfE staff reward voucher scheme Department says it would be ‘unfair to penalise junior staff’ for funding gaffe