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Revealed: The first 300 schools splitting £37m nursery cash

Ministers announced last June they would repurpose empty primary school classrooms to create 100,000 childcare places in 3,334 settings

‘Carrying the responsibility of a trust is a 24-hour-a-day role’

Diversity, deprivation and tackling parents’ abuse of home education – Sian Hampton tells Jack Dyson about a life that has taken her from Uganda to leadership of the Archway Learning Trust Labour’s surprise assault on academy freedoms has caused consternation across the sector. But for the Archway Learning Trust, it has already had a more […]

Phillipson faces first education committee grilling

Education secretary set to be questioned by MPs over SEND, wellbeing bill and private school fees

Teacher pay: The trailblazer schools already flexing TLR payments

MATs are already deviating from national pay and conditions to more ‘fairly’ reward part-time teachers for extra roles, as DfE considers a shake-up

DfE worried about board ‘diversity’ over Collins appointment

Unearthed emails reveal civil servants’ concerns non-exec board was ‘all white men of a similar age’

Phillipson faces first education questions from MPs

SEND and private VAT plan dominate the schools agenda during Commons exchange

‘She makes me feel hopeful for the profession’

It’s a dream come true for any teacher to have a pupil go on to make a powerful impact on the world. For Zahida Hammond, that pupil – who sat in the front row of her Spanish classes “absorbing everything offered to her” – is likely to become education secretary after Labour’s election win today. […]

Phillipson: ‘It’s my job to get education back up the agenda’

The shadow education secretary on why private schools need to cut their cloth, emulating Gove and curriculum change

Phillipson invokes zeal of Gove reforms in Labour schools vision

Former minister brought ‘energy and drive and determination’ that is required again, says shadow education secretary