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Top DfE civil servant blames poor communication for an accounting blunder

The Department for Education’s top civil servant has admitted that better communication could have solved an administrative error that...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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‘Great teaching is the opposite of what you learn in training’

The Department for Education’s former teacher in residence has claimed excellent teaching is the “direct opposite” of what he...

John Dickens
John Dickens
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Ministers urged to drop DBS check rules ‘killing off’ school language exchanges

Education leaders are set to meet the schools minister and urge him to amend new guidance on criminal record...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Flooded schools need millions to relocate

Schools repeatedly damaged by flooding are mounting multi-million pound bids to move to new sites. The Department for Education...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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DfE in danger of missing FOI request floor standard

The Department for Education is in danger of falling below the floor standard for meeting its legal duty to...

John Dickens
John Dickens
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DfE recruits team of behavioural scientists

The Department for Education is recruiting a team of “behavioural insights” experts to aid ministers in their policymaking decisions....

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Travel costs to send students from closing UTC to Silverstone hit £100k

The government is to stump up thousands of pounds in travel costs to send children from a closing university...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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Councils face £600m blackhole in special needs funding

More than half a billion pounds must be found by 2025 to top up an already unsustainable special needs...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
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DfE had agreement to share pupil nationality data with Home Office

The Department for Education (DfE) did have an agreement in place to share pupil nationality data with the Home...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker