Election 2024

Catherine McKinnell appointed education minister

MP was shadow schools minister, but exact DfE role has not been confirmed

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Election 2024

Phillipson will write to school staff to ‘reset relationship’

Recruitment campaign also ‘expanded’ - but no details, and nothing yet on 6,500 pledge timeline or pay plans

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Election 2024

Former schools minister Jacqui Smith returns to DfE in Lords role

Ex-home secretary will get a peerage and join Bridget Phillipson's team

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Academies

Academies: No MAT target, but mergers growing

Around one in five trusts which were running schools in 2019 are no longer in operation

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Lack of MAT get-out clause sees strikes, petitions and open letters

Unrest at MATs shows allowing schools to leave trusts would create 'much healthier relationships', claims union rep, but how...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

The 8 funding streams for new trusts or those looking to grow…

Schools Week's explainer on the extra funding available to trusts, what it is for and how much is available

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Transparency calls over secret £200m academy trust handouts

Investigation into extra cash available to trusts finds half not open to applications, and one has no public presence...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Inclusive schools

The CEO on a moral mission to makes schools inclusive again

Jonny Uttley, chief executive of The Education Alliance (TEAL) academy trust, recently asked his headteachers to write down all...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Election 2024

Labour will convert ‘spare’ primary classrooms into 3,334 nurseries

Policy would cost around £140 million and create 100,000 childcare places, party says

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker