Author: Nicky Phillips

Questions about a new independent organisation, to be set up as part of a £20 million package of public money to improve careers advice, went unanswered when Education Secretary Nicky Morgan faced a grilling from MPs. Ms Morgan was quizzed by the House of Commons education select committee on Wednesday morning about her plans for […]

Schools in the north of the country have been largely ignored by a society magazine which listed the country’s “top state schools”. Tatler this month published its second annual guide to state schools in which it listed 12 primaries and 22 secondaries schools. Of those 34, only five could be classed as in the north […]

– REVEALED: Scottish one year trial cost just £30k – DfE will not be drawn on support for free access – Teacher petition grows as high profile academics join the call Teachers in England face hefty paywalls to access education research journals while their Scottish counterparts can freely access the same material under an initial deal […]

All maintained schools and newly opened academies must follow the latest school food standards from this week – with compliance monitored by the Department for Education (DfE). The rules simplify existing regulations and include new requirements to offer three different fruits and vegetables each week, and make milk available at least once per day. The […]

Department for Education (DfE) staff are working more overtime as the government department seeks to reduce its spend on agency staff and external consultants According to workforce management information published by the Department, overtime payments steadily increased towards the end of 2014, rising from £37,437 in September to £51,729 in November. It comes after the […]

The pay packets of the government’s regional schools commissioners (RSCs) have been disclosed, as part of a transparency release from the Department for Education (DfE). The commissioners are part of the government’s middle tier of accountability for academies, brought in last September and tasked with tackling underperformance and boosting the number of academy sponsors. The […]