Curriculum

Ministers to explore developing ‘more formative assessments’ for oracy

Schools minister believes oracy is ‘as foundational as numeracy, literacy and writing’, and that is not just ‘an add…

Esmé Kenney
Esmé Kenney
Pay and conditions

Not Tata yet – pension scheme handover delayed again

IT giant now due to take on the contract from Capita this October – a year later than planned

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Politics

Journalists shut out of events with ministers and officials

Reporters are being banned from conferences where key public servants will speak

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Politics

NEU: Teachers’ shift to Greens a ‘wake-up call’ to Labour

Daniel Kebede also warns Reform UK would ‘make education a real hostile place for children who are LGBT, black,…

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Inclusion

‘Real concerns’ health service missing in SEND reforms 

The white paper thrusts schools into the driving seat of government’s reforms, prompting questions on whether health services will…

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Academies

109 schools leaves United Learning ‘spread thin’, says former academies minister

England’s biggest trust this week unveiled proposals to merge with south west chain Authentic Education

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson


News

Fury as Ofsted digs in on ‘low expectations’ barb

Oliver told the ASCL conference on Friday he would ‘never acquiesce to the quiet curse of low expectations’

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Movers and Shakers

More DfE change as new regional director revealed

Nigel Minns’s arrival in the department makes it four changes to regional groups within the last year

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Inclusion

Special schools over capacity by 11,000 pupils

Around two-thirds of special schools are still over-capacity, DfE says

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Pay and conditions

Three-year 6.5% teacher pay rise won’t be enough, warns NFER

Annual report paints ‘happier’ picture of sector but warns ‘this is not the time for complacency’

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
School buildings

LocatED chief to depart as DfE prepares to absorb property firm

CEO announces she will take on ‘new challenge’ when the government-backed company moves into the department

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Movers and Shakers

Nottingham professors to lead university teacher trainers’ body

UCET chair Stefanie Sullivan, and fellow Nottingham University professor Jo McIntyre will jointly take over role

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks