Politics

Nicky Morgan joins Careers and Enterprise Company as chair

Former education secretary to help lead organisation she set up whilst at the DfE

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Meet the ministers: DfE confirms briefs (again) of new team

Gibb is back as schools minister while new recruit Coutinho takes on 'children, families and wellbeing' brief

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

School cuts: Ministers’ seats will be £7.4m worse-off next year

But constituencies of DfE politicians will face a smaller average cut than the rest of England, analysis shows

Donna Ferguson
Donna Ferguson
Politics

Grammar schools? My focus is on those who don’t get in, says Keegan

New education secretary also says ‘the answer to every problem is not more money’, claiming standards have ‘gone up...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

20% rise in cost-cutter savings and 6 more ESFA accounts findings

Government agency also admits it paid £2.1m to the wrong organisation - but managed to get the funds back

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Solutions

The knock on the door: A simple solution to poor attendance?

We visited a school where staff did 4,000 home visits in one year to support pupils

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Features

Lee Elliot Major, professor of social mobility, University of Exeter

Lee Elliot Major gave up a dream job to become the UK’s first professor of social mobility. Donna Ferguson...

Donna Ferguson
Donna Ferguson
Schools

DfE reprimanded after pupil data used by gambling firms

Department criticised over 'serious breach' of data protection law, but avoids £10m fine from information watchdog

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Inside the battle to shape the Labour party’s education reforms

The party's latest report has prompted heated debate between so-called 'progressives' and 'traditionalists'

Freddie Whittaker
Donna Ferguson