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Who’s who? Your guide to the new ministerial line-up at the DfE

The remits of the new ministerial team at the Department for Education have been confirmed following Boris Johnson’s post-Brexit...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE property firm’s boss got £30k bonus, despite missed value-for-money target

The boss of the Department for Education’s property company received a £30,000 bonus last year, despite the organisation missing...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Just 1 in 6 breakfast clubs in £26m scheme are actually new

Just 286 new breakfast clubs have been created under a £26 million government scheme, ministers have finally admitted. The...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Head claims DfE’s new funding website doesn’t add up

A leading headteacher has criticised the government’s new school funding website for displaying figures for his school that are...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Remove incentives to ‘depress or inflate’ early years outcomes, Ofqual urges DfE

Ministers must review the way they present data on the performance of reception children to remove the incentives for...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Fair Access Protocols: Council pleas for DfE to intervene up nearly 50%

Pleas from councils for the education secretary to intervene over admission rows soared by nearly 50 per cent last...

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
News, Politics

Don’t ‘hide’ periods in schools, urges charity at head of government taskforce

Schools must change the way they teach and talk about periods if they are to tackle the stigma that...

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
News, Politics

Just a third of DfE staff believe changes are made ‘for the better’, and 4 other survey findings

The dissatisfaction of Department for Education staff has been revealed in a survey which reveals just how little faith...

Kathryn Snowdon
Kathryn Snowdon
News

DfE threatens to reclaim £110k loan unless school joins a multi-academy trust

The government has threatened to forcibly claim back a £110,000 loan issued to a single-academy trust unless it joins...

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross