Politics

Zahawi to ‘tackle innumeracy and illiteracy’ with white paper next year

The education secretary addressed the Conservative Party conference

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Quarter of schools surpass DfE contingency thresholds requiring stricter Covid measures

School leaders are calling for changes to the government's current Covid guidance

James Carr
James Carr
Politics

Zahawi appoints former head Mark Lehain as policy adviser

Former director of the New Schools Network and Parents and Teachers for Excellence joins DfE team

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Conservative Party Conference, Politics

Scrapping teachers’ directed time would be ‘met with fury’, says union boss

NEU boss says abolishing cap on teachers' hours would be a 'big mistake'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Government delays revealing cost of schools’ PFI deals

The most recent figures are now more than three years and six months out of date

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Teacher pay

Pay scales for teachers and leaders in England from September 2021

Most scales remain the same in 2021 as last year due to the pay freeze for most public sector...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

Labour’s policies reveal dividing lines are forming

Starmer's conference pledges lack detail, but it would be unfair to expect a fully-developed platform at this stage, writes...

Freddie Whittaker
TOM RICHMOND
Politics

Ministerial portfolios: Who’ll be doing what in the new DfE team

We finally know what each of the six ministers will be doing

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
News

Labour conference: Your guide to the party’s new education policies

The party set out its stall at its annual conference in Brighton

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker