Academies

Revealed: DfE’s ‘cluster takeover’ plan to boost big academy trusts

Officials draw up proposals to help leading trusts expand into new regions

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Oak considers letting private firms sell on its lessons

Curriculum quango says it is considering whether to allow commercial use of its resources

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

DfE says Oak quango needed to break ‘cycle’ of curriculum weakness

Everything you need to know about the government's case for creating a new arms-length curriculum body

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Two former schools ministers to run for education committee chair

Robin Walker and Jonathan Gullis throw their hats in the ring to succeed Robert Halfon

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Uniform policies banning Afro hair ‘likely to be unlawful’, says watchdog

The Equality and Human Rights Commission will publish guidance for schools to 'ensure hairstyle policies are not unlawfully discriminatory'...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Who is Gillian Keegan? 11 facts about the new education secretary

Rishi Sunak has been forming his first frontbench team

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker and Samantha Booth
Politics

Gillian Keegan becomes fifth education secretary in four months

She replaces Kit Malthouse, who departed the role earlier today

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Funding, reforms and Michaela: Malthouse’s first (and last?) education questions

Education secretary says he'll provide evidence of pressures so new PM can decide the 'priorities of the government'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

School cuts campaign is back as unions warn of £2bn shortfall

Move attempts to put school funding higher up new PM's in-tray, with analysis suggesting shortfall equates to 38k fewer...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker